Ain't it frustrating...

53 replies · 11645 views · Started by P o e t i q R e i g n · Nov 2004

Greensboro, NC

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

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Princess LaRonda · Nov 2004

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People meet me.....people ask for my name...I say Princess hours later....day later....couple days later I get PRECIOUS........ **** THATS MY COUSIN....THAT AINT ME

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SC_Shawty from Columbia, SC · Nov 2004

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Well my name is Tiarea and people mess up my name all the time so Im use to it. So now when people mess up my name I just answer to it and let it go. And my friends mess it up on purpose because they know everybody else does... See its Tiarea but its pronounced like Tierra but nobody would ever know because its spelled so different...So everybody just calls me "T".

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~*Secret*~ · Nov 2004

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maannn...im forever getting called veronica..and little kids always mess up my name...my favorite was when a little girl called me "Bictorida" :lol: so thats why ppl just started calling me V, or Tori....i hate being called Veronica! Thats my cousin's name not mine...and this one dude asked me for my number over the summer and had the nerve to call and ask for Veronica...i knew who he was but i told him he had the wrong number anyways :roll:

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In Rod We Trust · Nov 2004

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Hmmm I got Roger Rod-ER-ick Rodgerick WTF Rob Rah-Rick Its Roderick pronounced Rah-Drick

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kujo from baltimore, MD · Nov 2004

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I thought I was the only one. Since grade school ppl have pronounced my name Mee-sha. WTF?? My name is Miesha(Mi-e-sha) what's so hard about that???

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In Rod We Trust · Nov 2004

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Da_Rodfather wrote:
Hmmm I got Roger Rod-ER-ick Rodgerick WTF Rob Rah-Rick Its Roderick pronounced Rah-Drick

they might as well call u ROGER RABBIT..................

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La · Nov 2004

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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.

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Princess LaRonda · Nov 2004

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Lady_ 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.

awwww that is cute........they picked ya name out of a book damn they cared about you