Do People Often Mispronounce Your Surname ... Does This Bother You?

My Surname is kind of unique. It is not at all common and most people don't know how to pronounce it. The variations and mis-pronunciations are comical at times. The ironic thing is that it is pronounced the way it is spelled. People make it much more difficult than it actually is, or they call me a pair of gloves. (inside joke you'll probably never get since I'm not sharing my real name) At restaurants, I actually use one of two common names because it's just easier. I either go by Hamilton, or Appleton when makeing reservations. Family and people who know me well usually get a good laugh at that. However when I do it with say first dates and recent business aquaintences, they seem a little freaked out by it. After informing them that I work for the CIA and have to maintain a cover.... :):):) Minnie Mouse is HOT! filmbuff

Hi Sweetie, my surname is hard to mispronounce so unless I was incredily posh and said it differently like Mrs Bucket (Bouquet) in keeping up appearances (english comedy) I pretty much get away with it. It does grate a bit when people insist on calling me Mrs instead of miss and cannot say my first name correctly, but they cannot pronounce Shreks surname correctly either, so if I used his name I'd not recognise myself at all, lol.

My maiden surname had only four letter and was easy to pronounce however was often spelled wrong with extra letters! I always thought..."Gee, it's not rocket science people!" LOL My current surname is often spelled and pronounced wrong!! However it helps when a telemarketer calls and mispronounces because I don't feel bad when I say they have the wrong number and it gives me a laugh after I have hung up!! You really have to look at the bright side in these situations :)

My surname is difficult for people to pronounce and spell, and it does annoy me. Also, it's Hispanic, so I sometimes get telemarketing calls in Spanish, even though I don't speak Spanish. Also, my first name is easy to pronounce, but is rarely spelled correctly. People who get frequent emails from me (friends or coworkers) are a lot more likely to at least spell it correctly; they might mispronounce it, but this doesn't happen at work much since people hear me introduce myself at meetings, even if they don't really know me. Also people who are of Hispanic descent are more likely to pronounce it correctly since it is a Spanish word.

Well my surname isn't too bad but my name when I was married to my ex husband was harder for many people! My son still has this name and he gets very annoyed when people mispronounce it - though it never really bothered me! xxx