Ain't it frustrating...
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Started by P o e t i q R e i g n
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Nov 2004
P o e t i q R e i g n
Greensboro, NC
...when people mess up your name??
Especially when u KNOW ya name ain't THAT hard to pronounce...
people mess up all kindz of namez in all kindz of wayz...
What are some ways u've heard your name mispronounced?
ok, my name is Jameya...pronounced "juh-MEE-yuh"
but i've heard people pronounce it...."juh-MAY-yuh"..."juh-MY-yuh"....nah, but what has taken the cake..."juh-MILL-uh"...and "juh-MILL-YUH"...there isn't ONE DAMN "L" in my name, so y do some folkz insist 2 put @ least one of them jointz in it?!?!?!
"juh-mee-yuh" seemz like such the obvious way of pronouncin' it - i just don't understand....
people have gotten a LOT better about pronouncin' it since i've been in college - students AND professors...but elementary school up 2 high school...GOODness, i heard some of EVERYthing...
i don't know if it'z 'cuz i've been thru name mispronunciation so much in my life and therefore try 2 make an effort 2 get people's names right...but most of the time, i spell and pronounce people's names correctly the 1st time...they're alwayz like 
...but really, i think some people just think too hard about it, which iz what lead 'em 2 error
Some of y'all are about to be SOL on some jobs... :twisted:
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My name is TAI'ESHA pronounced like Tyesha. It isn't that damn hard. :?
I get:
Tysha
Te-esha
Ta-esha
Tiena and Tanesha (WTF) :roll:
There is no N in my damn name.
Sometimes I want to yell "My name is Tai'Esha B!tch." But most of the time I just smile and pronounce it correctly for them.
When I get tired of hearing them act an a$$ with my name pronounciation and me having to pronounce my name over and over again for people I just tell them to call me Tai (Pronounced TY).
Nahd wrote:awwww that is cute........they picked ya name out of a book damn they cared about youLady_ J wrote:I can definitely relate to this thread. When I was younger I use to hate my name cause it was continually mispronounced...and it still is. But I love my name now. Jamila...three syllables pronounced JA-ME-LA. Its easy right??? WRONG. Not for most of these illiterate mofos I have met in my lifetime. I tend to get... :arrow: JA-MEL-A :arrow: JA-MILL-AH :arrow: JA-MY-LA ( WTF :x ) :arrow: JAM-A-LA ( WTF AGAIN :!: :!: :!: :x ) What I hate MOST is when I correctly pronounce my name for peoplewhen they mispronounce it, they are gonna tell me I spell it wrong for how its pronounced. I HATE THAT. How are you gonna tell me how to spell my name. It aint like my parents just made the sh*t up. They found it in a African Baby Name book spelled like that.
It didn't aid pronunciation.
2. This happens whenever my parents buy furniture: Not only does the store misspell our name, they also send us mail for every African who ever set foot inside their store: Richard Abialo, Clarence Abiola, even Clearance Ebola! 
