You hate it when people mispronounce your name, especially if it should be easy, amirite?

My parents call me Ryan, but then my friends call me Ryan. Some people pronounce it like Ryan, which is just weird. All three ways make me mad though, because my names not Ryan.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well, Lion, maybe if you didn't have so many Asian friends, you wouldn't have this problem. Just sayin'.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

So you're saying, you're really a DandyRyan?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My last name is shoemaker pronounced like its spelled and it's always pronounced wrong

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My name is Avery.. everyone knows how to pronounce that. But some people still say like, Av-ry as if the "e" doesn't exist. But what really pisses me off, is I like my name two syllables, Ayv-ree. Yet some people insist on calling me Ayv-ER-ee and it makes me want to shoot a horse

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I feel the same way you do. My name is Ashley and some people spell it wrong like Ashely and a lot of people say it like that too. Like they make it three syllables. I hate it. It's Ash-ley. not hard.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

People replace the D in my name with a B. it makes be wonder if everyone is dislexic.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Bea*

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My name is Sean, but spelt like like this (the Irish way) and people often pronounce it like "scene", seriously, who would want their childs name to be pronounced like that?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My name is Randi, but on 3 separate occasions, 3 different substitute teachers have called me Ranch. o__o

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My last name is one syllable, no silent lettlers, yet it's still mispronounced 40% of the time.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My name is Allison. Why is that so hard for substitutes to understand?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

exactly. my name is Anne. People always write it as Ann, and if that weren't bad enough, some people read my name as Annie. like WTF, since when do people read out the letter E at the end of a word? Should it be pronounced Peopley, somey, namey, sincey?? IT MAKES NO SENSE.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My last name is Astrachan. My life is one continuous eye roll and pronunciation correction. (ASS-truh-can)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You can't blame people for pronouncing that one wrong.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

True, but sometimes I'm all "GEEZ why can't my last name be Jones?"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My name's Alec, but I've learned to answer to Alex as well.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Are you Russian or is that spelling Alek?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Um... I think Alek is the Russian way

by Anonymous 12 years ago

So you aren't Russian?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Correct

by Anonymous 12 years ago

People pronounce my name like "jail", but it actually sounds like "J.L". It gets really annoying.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Nicole isn't that hard but alot of people call me Kneecole...ugh.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

People absolutely MURDER my last name every single time.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My spanish teacher decided that my name is pronounced Row-been. And then a doctor once kept calling my Ruh-bane (although him I can't really blame because he had a strong accent). I mean, seriously, the name 'Robyn' is FIVE letters, it's not that hard.

by Anonymous 12 years ago