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Old Aug 23, 2022, 01:58 AM
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Originally Posted by downandlonely View Post
My name is Lara, but people keep spelling it Laura even when they see it. I don't think it's even a difficult name to spell.
@JaneRedux and @downandlonely I have a similar situation with my first name and even my married name. Ditto for my husband. Hubby's name is Martin but he's had people call him "Markin" and "Mark" and of course "Marty". Never heard of a Markin before. As for my name, I won't reveal, but it wasn't even pronounced in any way phonetically. A couple times I was even called a name that's classic prostitute name. And also my mom decided to assign a unique spelling to it. That's always a hassle, as is that my legal given name is the shortened version of a longer version. Some new acquaintances call me by the long version so I have to correct them as that's "Not my name." Our last name often gets further Anglicised in the US, despite already being so (in the US). Luckily my husband's given name is at least familiar to Americans. Some Czechs, male and female, have some real doozies.

In the Czech Republic, there is zero issue with our legit (non Anglicized) family name's pronounciation and spelling. Ditto for Hubby's given name. My given name obviously needs to be spelled and is never a name here. They pronounce it mostly correctly except the first letter that they pronounce as in Czech phonetics. Most correct it after hearing it, but my mother-in-law never did. It was still quite close, only as if pronounced with a mild speech impediment, not full bastardization.

My dad used to always say "You can call me anything, just don't call me late for dinner!" He was chock full of such sayings.
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Last edited by Soupe du jour; Aug 23, 2022 at 02:54 AM.
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