mispronounced names

**Shayne1911** · 02-23-2009, 11:30 AM

Do people get your name wrong?

People call me Shyanne or Shawn. I don't understand how they get those out of Shayne. SHANE with a Y. Not that complicated! Or they look for a guy. A while ago this old lady backed into my car so when she was getting fixed, we got a rental car. The people said Ash and I couldn't drive it even though the insurance people said we could. So the lady at the car place was calling them and was like "there's a guy here named shayne.." and my dad was like "NO! that's her!" Aghhh. Most people say my last name wrong too.

**OnePimpTiger** · 02-23-2009, 11:37 AM

People have always called me Darrell (it's actually Darren for those who don't know)...and I hate that name, but you get used to it I guess.

**Shayne1911** · 02-23-2009, 11:39 AM

How do you get Darrell out of Darren? I guess the similar spellings. But still. If people paid a little more attention :)

I actually like my name. I used to not like it. But then I realized I don't know any other girls with my name, so I like it

**Rybowski** · 02-23-2009, 11:45 AM

Having an Italain last name, I have heard it mispronounced way too many times in person and on the phone. My last name is Negri, so obvious you can figure out when in school I got into a lot of fights. When I call up any company on the phone and they ask for my last name, I say my last name and then spell it out right away.

**pronk48mvp** · 02-23-2009, 12:26 PM

I can't emphasize on how many times I've gotten called Christina Petreela (Actual name is Christian Petrila). I don't understand why people can't seem to read what in my opinion is a pretty easy first and last name. Ah well. Very minor things always seem to get the best of me. :D

**mikpaq77** · 02-23-2009, 01:00 PM

My last name is Paquette (pronounced Paw Ket)....it gets destroyed regularly!

**~~SteakNchop~~** · 02-23-2009, 01:08 PM

My first name gets spelled wrong all the time. But my last is pretty simple.

**ashley832** · 02-23-2009, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by Rybowski View Post

Having an Italain last name, I have heard it mispronounced way too many times in person and on the phone. My last name is Negri, so obvious you can figure out when in school I got into a lot of fights. When I call up any company on the phone and they ask for my last name, I say my last name and then spell it out right away.

Thats what we have to do too. lol
Having a simple name like Ashley doesnt cause me too many problems. lol

Ashley