once in a while people get my name slightly wrong

[Enrique]

it really makes me cringe, I'm not sure why. It's just a mistake after all. And I'm sure I get people's names wrong at least as often as the other way around. I hate it when I do that too.

Is that the same with everyone?

[graywarrior]

1. I never use my first name....ever

But during official business or at a doctors office, it gets used. I cringe. Sometimes I refuse to respond. I hate my first name. HATE IT!

[Enrique]

2. so what do you go by?

your middle name? a nickname? I won't even as what your first name is.

[graywarrior]

6. Middle name.....three letters

My last name has 12 with z's and y's and r's and t. Messes with people's heads.

[fizzgig]

3. my sister has an uncommon name that looks very much like a more common (biblical) name

and to mispronounce her name is to push her biggest button.

my name can be spelled two different ways and cringe is exactly what i do when i see someone has misspelled it.

[graywarrior]

7. Yeah, people always add a letter to my name which makes me want to rip their eyes out

[Populist_Prole]

4. After I moved to the south I can't believe how often my last name is mangled

I don't know if it's laziness, or their unfamiliarity with anything other than anglo sounding names. It's an Italian name three syllables, but I've heard it pronounced with 4 or 5 syllables and transposed consonants. It's like they just see the first and last letters and then just blurt out whatever they please between the beginning and end.

[MiddleFingerMom]

5. My name is Mxyzptlk. I'm fine just as long as they do not get me to say it backwards.

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[siligut]

8. My married name is impossible for Americans, truly.

Seriously I have to use the NATO phonetic alphabet to help people spell it correctly. At Safeway food stores, the checkers always try to thank you by your name, I had to sign-up for a card without my name I felt so bad for them everytime. I don't cringe, but had I known, I might have thought harder about keeping my maiden name, it was so easy to spell and say. I am not attached to any of my names though, you are different, sorry that it makes you uncomfortable, that would be a daily trial for me.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

9. All women love to call me Bradford.

Alright, knock it off.

[Tikki]

10. My given and surname happen to be derivatives of each other....

And my middle name (which I use) is a few letters long and all three
names start with the same letter.

People tongue twist it unmercifully.
Think like:Jenny Jean Jennings

Tikki

[applegrove]

11. Where I work there is lots of staff. Some lovely woman was say "hi cathy" to me and I let it pass,

because I didn't want to embarrass her. But she kept doing it and I thought - it will just embarrass her more if I let her go on. So I corrected her. And now I know her name.