Zooropa--I hate hearing my name too--jolts me, physically stiff. When my T uses it, especially in an email, I instantly feel like I am in trouble. And I usually am--like when he tells me that I'm doing the same thing I've done 20 times for a month. Maybe once or twice he's used it when I wasn't in trouble?, but who really remembers that! My name isn't a soft one, isn't one that you can coo, and if you draw out the vowel sounds it's more like a screech.