How is your name pronounced?

I've had problems about people mispelling my name. Actually I still do. Because my name is spelled Victor, but it's pronounced Vitor, without the c. So when people write my name, I always have to tell them there's a c.

About pronouciation, never really had any problems, except once. In my English class, there were a group of students from Washington visiting Brazil. We were introducing ourselves and one guy pronounced my name completely different from what I'm used to. I think it was because of the t, in English it's pronounced a little different from how we do.

My name is pronounced Vee-Tor Mes-kee-tah Fer-rei-rah, and you guys who speak English as first language will probably never get it right :P
 
Really annoying when people misspell my last name as Cowen because that's how it's pronounced. 3 teachers this year have called me Danielle, so that's embarrassing.
 
donk95 said:
When i went to a vication in the USA with my father for my Bar Mitzva, when we checked in the USA, the guy at the reception pronounced my name (Ido Rimmler) like I-do (like iPhone) Raymler... ****ing pissed me off.. My name is pronounced like Eedo Reemler..
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I would pronounce it correctly just because the spanish pronunciation applies perfectly to your name.

Love Cowboy said:
those names are pronounced differently? since when?
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Since the begining of time? lol
 
You'd think "Sam" would be easy enough but every day at work I get called Dan, Stan, Sean....that may be from me no longer having the will to live/enunciate properly by the end of a 8 hour shift talking to stupids.

My last name is a nightmare, it's spelled Dawes but pronounced like "doz". The "w" seems mess everyone up. I get Dah-wees, and Davies is a common misspelling on mail dating back to my parents, as a lot of junk mailers feel Dawes has to be a typo and Davies must be the "right" name. My name would probably be easier to pronounce if my family didn't get screwed by history. My relative William Dawes was one of the two other people who were with Paul Revere on his famous ride, but the poem that made it famous omitted both of the co-riders. So I was left having to just answer "here" whenever the substitute teacher was taking role and suddenly paused on the D's when taking role.
 
jaw - dan

jordan. beckett.
only problem i have is when im introducing myself, if i dont say my name slowly people think im saying john..

i cant count how many times i've gone to pizzahut or something and they've put me down as john..
 
[sek] said:
You'd think "Sam" would be easy enough but every day at work I get called Dan, Stan, Sean....that may be from me no longer having the will to live/enunciate properly by the end of a 8 hour shift talking to stupids.

My last name is a nightmare, it's spelled Dawes but pronounced like "doz". The "w" seems mess everyone up. I get Dah-wees, and Davies is a common misspelling on mail dating back to my parents, as a lot of junk mailers feel Dawes has to be a typo and Davies must be the "right" name. My name would probably be easier to pronounce if my family didn't get screwed by history. My relative William Dawes was one of the two other people who were with Paul Revere on his famous ride, but the poem that made it famous omitted both of the co-riders. So I was left having to just answer "here" whenever the substitute teacher was taking role and suddenly paused on the D's when taking role.
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i'd pronouce it 'doors'...
 
Sky Valley said:
what were you expecting?
Sir Reginald Archimedes the 3rd?
(wouldnt mind that to be honest, it's that far-fetched I could dig it)


also someone should make a thread called "what would you name your kids"
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I pictured you as a "Brittany" :laugh:
Lol nah, I pictured Michael or something but Travis fits.

Also, What the Hell?
If your name isn't hard to pronounce or if people can't misinterpret it then no need to post it :laugh:
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My first name is Felipe, pronounced as Fee-lee-pee. Easy enough. Now, my middle and last names... damn you, germanic descendance! My middle name is the german for "rifle": Gewehr. Pronounced as Guh-vuhr. Or so I think (my German is ridiculous). My last name is the worst of all: Brockstedt. No, I didn't mispell it or something. It IS that complicated. Pronounced as Broh-keestuhdt. It means something about crumblings or something.
 
My name is Armon. R-MON That's how you pronounce it.








None of you will ever hear my vile last name. None have achieved the khallenge of pronouncing it. >:P
 
Armon24 said:
My name is Armon. R-MON That's how you pronounce it.






None of you will ever hear my vile last name. None have achieved the khallenge of pronouncing it. >:P
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Only my parents and close relatives who share the same last name as I were able to pronounce it correctly until nowadays. And that is sad, I understand your pain.
 
Charley, or Charles either one, Dwayne DW~ain, most people pronounce it (Dee)~wain they enunciate the D. But pronounce them however you want, even if it comes out as ash whole cause more often then not that's what I'm called.
 
Sky Valley said:
from now on I can only picture looking like a mix between that yellow dinosaur from Barney, and Harvet Dent

no exceptions, deal with it
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How you gonna play me like that, son?
I'll gladly accept Harvey Birdman.. attorney at law.. or two face
But BJ from Barney??
Not cool, daddy-o.
But I shall deal with it.
Like a puss :cool:
 
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