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I don't get annoyed about it - it makes me laugh. I have a client with whom I have a very good long term relationship. He always calls me Thérèsa instead of Teresa as if I couldn't quite figure out how to write my own name correctly…
| | | | Triston Goodwin 
Соединети Американски Држави
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| Yes, but I should be used to it by now | Dec 15, 2013 |
I know my particular spelling isn't the most common, but when it's in my email address and signature, it's not hard to double check that it ends with an o. The constant teasing from my Spanish speaking friends and clients would lead you to think that they would spell it correctly, but most think that it's some kind of joke.
I would use my middle name, Michael, but my dad and cousin are both Mikes and I don't think we can handle another.
Edited x4: I really need to st... See more I know my particular spelling isn't the most common, but when it's in my email address and signature, it's not hard to double check that it ends with an o. The constant teasing from my Spanish speaking friends and clients would lead you to think that they would spell it correctly, but most think that it's some kind of joke.
I would use my middle name, Michael, but my dad and cousin are both Mikes and I don't think we can handle another.
Edited x4: I really need to stop posting stuff at 2 am...
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I don't mind the occasional mistake here and there, but it gets on my nerve when the client doesn't learn. I mean, my name isn't that hard to spell, and it's in every single one of my emails.
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Shirley Lao
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| Jack Doughty
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Local time: 16:26
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Во сеќавање на | Hardly ever. | Dec 15, 2013 |
Nor do I usually worry when people mispronounce it, But I wasn't pleased on one occasion at the lost property office in Reading Station, when I told the man my name, and he said "Oh, you mean Dirty".
| | | | neilmac
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Local time: 17:26
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It doesn't bother me if they mispronounce it either.
Most Spanish speakers tend to pronounce my name to rhyme with "nail" (nay-eel) if they see it written, so I tell them my name is "nilo", a nickname some of my friends use. And my surname sounds a bit like a swear when read out phonetically in Spanish, which can be quite amusing, so it's chuckles all round
| | | | Angus Stewart
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| I take it as a compliment | Dec 15, 2013 |
Actually, I usually take it as a compliment when clients misspell my name.
Both my surname and forename are potentially interchangeable, so foreign clients often do not know which one to address me by. When they address me by my surname the mistake which they most commonly make is to spell my name with a "d" rather than a "t". I take this as a compliment, since in Scotland this is in fact the original spelling of the name and is prestigious on account of its connections with our roy... See more Actually, I usually take it as a compliment when clients misspell my name.
Both my surname and forename are potentially interchangeable, so foreign clients often do not know which one to address me by. When they address me by my surname the mistake which they most commonly make is to spell my name with a "d" rather than a "t". I take this as a compliment, since in Scotland this is in fact the original spelling of the name and is prestigious on account of its connections with our royal family.
It is a rather fortuitous mistake, but it does add a little bit of colour to client relations and brightens up my day.
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neilmac
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I seem to have posted this twice...
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An occasional typo or a mistake don't bother me (my surname was twisted beyond recognition by my countrymen so many times that I got used to it). Repetitive mistake is another matter - I find it a lack of respect that you can't even bother to make sure you write correctly the name of the person with whom you are in constant contact
I'm a lot more annoyed being called "Mrs."
| | | | | You've struck a chord with this question | Dec 15, 2013 |
I too think it's a matter of respect to get someone's name right: I don't mind if the pronunciation is a bit off (the Spanish aren't great at the long English "o" in Noni), but I get annoyed by not bothering, and by the failure to observe how to to spell it, which is not, you have to admit, complicated!
My given name is actually Fiona, which I do not use except on official forms. One of the reasons my parents chose the name was that it would be easy for Spanish speakers to pronounc... See more I too think it's a matter of respect to get someone's name right: I don't mind if the pronunciation is a bit off (the Spanish aren't great at the long English "o" in Noni), but I get annoyed by not bothering, and by the failure to observe how to to spell it, which is not, you have to admit, complicated!
My given name is actually Fiona, which I do not use except on official forms. One of the reasons my parents chose the name was that it would be easy for Spanish speakers to pronounce and spell it. I had to laugh a few years back when I appeared in an official Spanish publication as "Fabiola". Close?
Further comment: my children's surname is Hernanz, which is a common enough surname in the province of Segovia where their father comes from, but virtually unknown elsewhere, and it is always getting "corrected" to Herranz, or Hernández or similar. Like another contributor, I find it galling that others should think they know better than me, in this case about my sons' names, but they will often correct with a satisfied tone, and in writing, however much I stress the correct version, people get it wrong more often than not. I have less trouble with Gilbert here in Spain, despite it being confusable with Gilabert.
Slightly off topic, since it is about pronunciation rather than spelling: if you phone to make a doctor's appointment in the Comunitat de Valencia, the automatic system offers you the choice of doing this in English. I thought I'd try this out one day, but was almost stumped when I had to confirm date of birth by stating my surname, which the voice recognition on the system failed to recognise until I realised I had to pronounce it phonetically in Spanish!
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How on Earth could you misspell the name of the most famous detective on the plant. Blush! 
The Japanese sometimes do leave the final 'n' off my first name, which makes me blush even more, especially when tellers call out my name loud at a bank for all to hear. Gasp!
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| | Thayenga
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Accidents happen, since we're all only human.
Sometimes it's even quite funny to read the results of such misspells.
| | | | LilianNekipelov
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| I haven't known too many people who could spell my name correctly, and especially pronounce it. | Dec 15, 2013 |
I sometimes spell it different ways, myself, depending on the purpose of the communication. Also, I use pen names, sometimes. Playing with names is fun. No, I would not be offended in the least, unless they purposely changed it into something unpleasant.
Some names freedom is allowed in the US -- I am not sure how it works in other countries.
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