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flippy
Female,
18-29
Canada
Joined: 18 yrs, 6 mos ago
460 Posts
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18 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Wednesday 11/19/03 - 6:50:32 PM EST (GMT-5)
haha oh yes. A long Dutch name...why do people always think it's French?
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stej
Female,
13-17
Canada
Joined: 18 yrs, 11 mos ago
1,969 Posts
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18 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Wednesday 11/19/03 - 6:55:25 PM EST (GMT-5)
nope, i have an easy last name
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blondie86
Female,
18-29
Eastern US
Joined: 18 yrs, 7 mos ago
1,645 Posts
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18 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Wednesday 11/19/03 - 6:56:20 PM EST (GMT-5)
yeah...some teachers have messed up..
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18 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Sunday 11/23/03 - 12:16:26 AM EST (GMT-5)
Yeah, quite a bit.
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18 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Sunday 11/23/03 - 12:18:04 AM EST (GMT-5)
americans
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18 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Sunday 11/23/03 - 12:19:32 AM EST (GMT-5)
yes, it's 11 letters long
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18 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Sunday 11/23/03 - 12:20:01 AM EST (GMT-5)
It's only three letters long.
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justme333
Female,
13-17
Midwest US
Joined: 18 yrs, 10 mos ago
1,504 Posts
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18 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Sunday 11/23/03 - 12:31:46 AM EST (GMT-5)
Same here forko. No one can say it right the first time.
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18 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Sunday 11/23/03 - 1:52:13 AM EST (GMT-5)
Mine's pretty simple.
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DarkFaerie13
Female,
18-29
Eastern US
Joined: 18 yrs, 7 mos ago
10,745 Posts
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18 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Sunday 11/23/03 - 2:09:43 AM EST (GMT-5)
Well not really but my last name is a first name and people always try to call me that. it's rather annoying.
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18 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Tuesday 11/25/03 - 9:53:01 AM EST (GMT-5)
Mine is only four letters and it is slaughtered all of the time. That and they get the nationality wrong all of the time. People usually think it is asian.
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18 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Tuesday 11/25/03 - 9:53:49 AM EST (GMT-5)
YES, and it is said just like it sounds too! My last name is SO EASY to not f*ck, that people always manage to do it anyways!
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evilloner14
Female,
18-29
Southern US
Joined: 18 yrs, 8 mos ago
2,423 Posts
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18 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Tuesday 11/25/03 - 9:57:02 AM EST (GMT-5)
Yes, they do it constantly. I eventually changed the pronountiation to something easier, and more simpler
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18 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Tuesday 11/25/03 - 10:26:53 AM EST (GMT-5)
i have the same problem as TheWanderer. it's doubly annoying because it's a common english word, but people always seem to spell and pronounce it like the german translation, which is more common as a last name.
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18 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Tuesday 11/25/03 - 10:41:08 AM EST (GMT-5)
I can think of maybe 4 or 5 people in my life that DIDN'T royally screw it up. I think the only people that have ever gotten it right are non-Americans, because the long-voweled English pretty much insures that it will be pronounced incorrectly.
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18 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Tuesday 12/9/03 - 11:26:36 PM EST (GMT-5)
Not before I was married... but no one can pronounce my new last name now, ROFL.
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tompax
Female,
40-49
Europe
Joined: 18 yrs, 5 mos ago
51 Posts
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18 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Tuesday 12/9/03 - 11:35:54 PM EST (GMT-5)
here where i live is italian and they cant say my first name, so i get screwy names...and elsewhere the screw up my surname....At airport they called me several times on speaker....but i didnt realise it cos they said such a screwy surname
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PoisonDream
Female,
13-17
Asia
Joined: 19 yrs, 1 mos ago
20 Posts
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18 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Tuesday 12/30/03 - 10:46:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
im filipino. the five letter last name is meant to be easy, but no one pronounces it right.
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Freakt
Female,
13-17
Australia / NZ
Joined: 18 yrs, 4 mos ago
131 Posts
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18 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Tuesday 12/30/03 - 10:48:20 PM EST (GMT-5)
Yeah, My last name isn't even complicated but they still manage to say it wrong.
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18 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Tuesday 12/30/03 - 10:48:22 PM EST (GMT-5)
saying it..no spelling it..yes |
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WhiteFantom
Female,
18-29
Southern US
Joined: 20 yrs, 11 mos ago
1,323 Posts
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18 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Tuesday 12/30/03 - 10:53:07 PM EST (GMT-5)
Yes, they often do, but I don't really understand why--my last name is Pitcock, and it's pretty much spelled phonetically. I don't see how it's possible to mess that up, but I commonly get anything from "Peacock" to "Pictock" to anything in between. It's going to be even worse when my fiance and I get married. His last name is Doneske, which people *always* have a problem both pronouncing and spelling.  |
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18 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Tuesday 12/30/03 - 10:56:43 PM EST (GMT-5)
allllllll the time.
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Freakt
Female,
13-17
Australia / NZ
Joined: 18 yrs, 4 mos ago
131 Posts
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18 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Tuesday 12/30/03 - 11:04:11 PM EST (GMT-5)
Doneske isn't all that bad, my bf's last name is Hawes, and yeah, it's said like "whores" lol so yeah all the bastards think its awesome and start teasin him
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BrightEyes
Female,
18-29
Southern US
Joined: 18 yrs, 5 mos ago
2,291 Posts
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18 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Tuesday 12/30/03 - 11:10:26 PM EST (GMT-5)
It's hyphenated, and the hyphen really throws people off for some reason.
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WhiteFantom
Female,
18-29
Southern US
Joined: 20 yrs, 11 mos ago
1,323 Posts
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18 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Tuesday 12/30/03 - 11:13:05 PM EST (GMT-5)
In America, Hawes would be pronounced "Hahhz," like "ha," as in the word representing laughter, but plural...so it wouldn't be as bad here.  |
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