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> Do people pronounce your name wrong, Post it HERE... please
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post Sep 26 2003, 04:48 PM
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To get this topic off of my Project Progress thread....

I hate people that spell their name Karl with a C. It's people like YOU that make it difficult for ME to give my name to someone. Just kidding.

Can I have your name please?

Yes, it's Karl - with a K

They already have C written down. Ugh!

For a while, I tried saying "with a K, Karl" but then they get all confused.

Or I say... "Yes.. it's K-A-R-L." And then they act like I'm treating them like a kindergartner.
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post Sep 26 2003, 04:55 PM
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Allah, ooolalaH, ooola, just a few. BTW I have never read the karan. I'm not even sure I spelt it rite... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol2.gif)
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post Sep 26 2003, 04:57 PM
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Karl,
Somehow I'm having a hard time feeling really sorry for you. Maybe you should talk to your parents about it?

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post Sep 26 2003, 04:58 PM
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Sorry Carl. I mean Karl. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mueba.gif)

Yes. I get called Fi-id (as in hawaii), Fay-eed (as in Osama Al Fay-eed), Feeeeeeed, Sid, Fin, Vid and more.

Written variations are usually Fidd, Vid, Fin, Sid.

My name should be prounounced "fid" - it rhymes with "squid".

And no - it's not my real name - it's a nickname, it comes from "David" - "Daey - Fiid" (when whined by 10 year old girls - my sister more specifically).

The End.

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post Sep 26 2003, 04:59 PM
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Hey try having a name like mine. Remil (there is no way to pronounce it) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
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post Sep 26 2003, 04:59 PM
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Okay Karl... I will talk to my parents this weekend.


I mean, Carl.

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post Sep 26 2003, 05:04 PM
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QUOTE(sj914 @ Sep 26 2003, 02:59 PM)
Hey try having a name like mine. Remil (there is no way to pronounce it) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

Hey - Remil -

Can we see a full sized shot of your dash - the wood looks cool in your avatar.

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post Sep 26 2003, 05:09 PM
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I'm with you Karl. My first name is Vaughan... with an a. Most everyone in the worl wants to shorten it to Vaughn. I've lived with it all my life. It's one of my pet peeves too. It's my name I take it personal!!!
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post Sep 26 2003, 05:17 PM
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Fiid, that actually is not my car on the avatar, it was a car I saw on ebay some months ago. The seller took a lot of photos of it.
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post Sep 26 2003, 05:18 PM
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My name is easy: Michelle. Although it does annoy me when people try to spell it with one 'L,' it's easy enough to pronounce.

My nickname is the one people usually get wrong: Mica. It's "meeka," not "myka."
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post Sep 26 2003, 05:21 PM
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I just had someone at Arby's ask me if Scott had two T's. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Usually my reply is, well, one T would be scoot, right? But Scotland only has one T,
doesn't it? lol


Last name is: Carlberg
But in the mail, it can look like this:

karlberg
karlsberg
karlsburg
carlsburg
carlsburt

a couple of times, when I've given my last name first, I've received this:

Carl Berg, though never Karl Berg. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/finger.gif)
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post Sep 26 2003, 05:21 PM
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My last name is "Pugh". (pronounced "pew" as in that bench you sit in at church).

Many, many, many variations pronounced to me growing up....
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post Sep 26 2003, 05:22 PM
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everyone mispronounces my last name....

They say "Rabies, Rabi, Roby. They butcher it up pretty good.

The correct pronunciation is "Ray be" like baby with an "R"
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post Sep 26 2003, 05:28 PM
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QUOTE(Scott Carlberg @ Sep 26 2003, 03:21 PM)
I just had someone at Arby's ask me if Scott had two T's. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Usually my reply is, well, one T would be scoot, right? But Scotland only has one T,
doesn't it? lol


My ex-boss's name is Scot with one t - so it's not that it never happens.

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post Sep 26 2003, 05:31 PM
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QUOTE(Scott Carlberg @ Sep 26 2003, 03:21 PM)
I just had someone at Arby's ask me if Scott had two T's. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)


I work with a one-T Scot. He was so happy with me when I spelled his name right on the company bulletin board.
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post Sep 26 2003, 05:37 PM
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ok thanks Feed. er, Fay-eed, um, Feeeeeeed, Sid, Fin, Vid.... ok Daveed. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol2.gif)
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post Sep 26 2003, 05:40 PM
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Try this one on for size. My last name is DODGEN. right. Dodge like the truck, N. I live in LA where our baseball team is the Dodgers.
My name is ALWAYS mis-pronounced. Dod-gen, Dog-den, dog-en...

It's Dodge, like the major auto manufacturer. with an N on the end. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

Sorry, I've been getting it all my life. The wife however has only had a small taste of people slaughtering her name (4 yrs.). It used to be Nelson, nice and easy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Although, when telemarketers call and fuck up my name I always just say, "There is no one here by that name" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pissoff.gif)

-Mike D.
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post Sep 26 2003, 05:51 PM
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Ok if this is one-upsmanship...
A solid german name "DAUENHAUER" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) pronounced (in america)
DOW-N-HOWER (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
I cant begin to tell you the variations of butchery that I have endored.
The worst that comes to mind is neighborhood Dry Cleaner of Asian decent ...Here you are Mr."DUNG-Hair" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pissoff.gif)
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post Sep 26 2003, 05:59 PM
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yup

Andrew Dalen

Pronounced dalin

the a does NOT sound like an a..

Oh well!
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post Sep 26 2003, 06:06 PM
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cox- what can i say....
Aaron Cox - not mis pronounced just ragged on too much! (we need a crying smiley (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol2.gif) )
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