'It's hard. I don't want to embarrass people or make it awkward.'
"My name is Oviya, but I often get called Olivia. I correct people by telling them, 'It's"O-V-Yah" — rhymes with"Oh-dear."'""My name is Erica. Easy enough, right? Not for the dozens upon dozens of people who have called me Erin after I tell them my name is Erica. I don't understand why this constantly happens with such an easy name!""I have a traditional Irish name.
"Even if they struggle and cannot get the name completely correct, 90% of them are genuinely lovely about it and work hard to get as close as they can.""Non-Anglos have my sympathy. However, I am Anglo, and both my first and last names are regularly mispronounced. This mainly happens on the phone . My name is Reg Byrde . Reg becomes Rich, Rog, or even Ray. My surname is often pronounced 'bride' or even 'birdie.' I invariably politely correct the speaker.
"The only scenario in which I don't bother saying anything is if someone gets my name wrong at the takeout counter — it's not worth it. Just give me my coffee, and off I go.""My first name is Marisa, and it's pronounced 'Mar-ee-sa.' You'd think this would be a common-enough name to pronounce and spell correctly — especially since the alternative version, Marissa, is a pretty well-known name.
"If a person still won't pronounce or spell it right after I've corrected them several times, I'll always remember and definitely hold a grudge. If I misspell John's name in the next three emails we exchange, oh whoops! Silly me. Sorry, Johnne. :)""My name is Kirsten and pronounced the German way: 'K-ear-sten.' I used to do sports as a kid, and most announcers would pronounce it the British way: 'KER-sten.
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