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mispronouncing names....?

Posted by on Mar. 18, 2010 at 12:25 AM
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do you have problems with people mispronouncing your name....or your baby(ies) names!?? if so, do you/your kids have a confusing name that it would be easy to mispronounce??

does it annoy you as much as it annoys me!? LOL

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fallenangel8508
by Bronze Member on Mar. 18, 2010 at 12:28 AM

 My sons name is Matthew so its pretty impossible to mispronounce but people still do mine sometimes. Cassie. They say "Casey". Ugh!

K.a.C.87
by on Mar. 18, 2010 at 12:29 AM

lol i dont know how someone could mispronounce cassie!

Quoting fallenangel8508:

 My sons name is Matthew so its pretty impossible to mispronounce but people still do mine sometimes. Cassie. They say "Casey". Ugh!


I am a 22 year old Wisconsin mama to my precious daughter, Eliahna Maree, and handsome little man, Bryant Allyn (sucessful VBAC). Loving fiance to Lee. Cloth diapering, ERFing, breastfeeding, NON-CIO, Non-Circumcising, Vaxing mommy turned to NON-VAXing!



    

MommySteph06
by Bronze Member on Mar. 18, 2010 at 12:31 AM

people misread my son's name. It's Brennan. If people would slow down they would realize its not Brandon or Brendon. They always want to add "d's" where there are none!

                             

K.a.C.87
by on Mar. 18, 2010 at 12:31 AM

my daughters name is mispronounced ALL the time -- to me it looks like how it sounds - Eliahna (ellie-ah-nah) guess not thou :( they call her Elana.

i have had my name misprounced before, not sure how. Kelli -- lol i was called - Ke-lee (?) lol some people!!!

My4Marvels
by Bronze Member on Mar. 18, 2010 at 2:12 AM

 my oldest sons name is cazen and when he was 1st born ppl would say it like cousin or kahzen...lol

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nadyacaskay
by Member on Mar. 18, 2010 at 2:21 AM

Lol.  My mom and I were just talking about this the other day. My name Is Candice and for some reason I get everything from Kansas to Can-dance to Cand-ass!  I mean how hard is it to say Candice anyways? Lol Just goes people can and will find a way to mispronounce any name.  :) And, yes it does aggravate me as much as it has my mom over the years.  Lol

housefullofkidz
by Emerald Member on Mar. 18, 2010 at 2:46 AM

all. the. time!  LMBO!!  Here ia a video I actually made before I knew cashton's name.

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MamaKalila
by on Mar. 18, 2010 at 2:49 AM

Kalila has gotten everything from Kalua (my personal fav) to Khalil (close, but she's a girl lol), to Kaliya, to.... yeah. Those are the most common, but I've heard several others. I have a feeling Zavier will be mispronounced too. Oh well.

GodsAmiga
by Bronze Member on Mar. 18, 2010 at 2:51 AM

We all have easy names but my mom's name is Tania and I grew up hearing everyone mispronouncing it every way imaginable so it drives me nuts when I hear someone's name mispronounced and I always make sure that if a name is unique or pronounced differently I clarify it with the person to make sure I'm pronouncing it right. With my mom I seriously only heard people pronounce it correctly first-time maybe 3 times growing up. And even after hearing it they still insist on mispronouncing it. Lol!

AidanCamsMom
by on Mar. 18, 2010 at 3:04 AM

No, I haven't had to deal with that as my family is full of easy boring names! LOL Mine is Amanda, my DH is Chris, and our children are Aidan, Cameron, and soon to be Chloe!

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