Spelling peoples names right. (warning slight rant)

Wow that sounds awful. If it makes you feel any better I'm sure I pronounced it right while reading it, even before you said to pronounce the U. Just out of curiosity, where do you live? I know it makes no difference, it just seems odd that anyone would argue with you over your name. There are so many oddly spelled names these days. But I must confess, after reading this I am slightly concerned about what I may have done to my own children. 3 of my children have oddly spelled names, Javier (it's hispanic, J sounds like H) Aydan (I know it's normal but everyone spells it wrong!) and Mathieu (sounds like Matthew). My other 2 are Tyler and Tristan, and those are rarely misspelled, only problem is Tristan, or some spell it with an e, Tristen, is a boy's name. My Tristan is a girl. I signed her up for ballet 2 years ago and they called me to ask if she was a boy or girl! LOL Well, so far Javier has had to deal with the reproccusions of his name, mostly the pronounciation. Very few say it right, even after being corrected 100 times. He is used to that though. Aydan and Mathieu are the youngest ones, not even in school yet, so we will see what the future holds for them.

I'm with you on this one! My name isn't common, but it's definitely not something worth choking over, as many do in reading and spelling. My name is Gemila, the non-traditional spelling of the Arabic Jamilla. And yet, all through school, new and substitute teachers would show their laziness and call me "Gemma". WTH?! Some of my own family members can't even spell or pronounce my name. My aunties/uncles/cousins on my dad's side, who I'm not close with, call me "Jem-alla", and usually spell my name differently every year at Christmas, but never once in my life have they spelt it correctly, despite me sending birthday cards to each of them throughout the year. You wouldn't think it would be that difficult, would you? I also have people questioning me on the pronunciation - I had one teacher who refused to call me "Gem-illa", but instead "Gem-eye-la", because I only have one "L" in my name, so therefore it was ME, and MY FAMILY who say my name wrong, and she was right and I should bow down to her. Pfft. Luckily I don't get any organisations getting it wrong on my forms and letters, or I'd blow up! Thanks for the rant, Cassaundra! =D

So it's cass-on-dra? (I'll ask before I assume, 'cause I'm terribly with names.) My name's spelled Kati, not so different, but without the E, people pronounce it kat-ey. It's soooo annoying so I know how you feel! when I registered for high school they had my name wrong on everything. And I had to bring my birth certificate in to show them it was spelled Kati, not Katie. Even my grandmother spells my name wrong, and it drives me insane. you'd think atleast your family would know how to spell it right, right? What actually bothers me more though is when people assume my name is short for something, like Kathryn or Kaitlyn, because of the way it's spelled. It's not short for anything, it's just Kati. :)

Sounds extremely irritating! I always check how I spell names as I think it has to do with respect to get it right. If I do get a name wrong it is not due to ill will. My last name is petty unusual in my country - at least with this spelling. It is often misspelled. But I have never ever had anyone protest when I tell them the right way to spell it. If someone did I'd get really mad.

I have gone through that all of my life. Tracie is my name and i have had it spelled wrong so much that i use to get mad about it. The basic way for Tracie is Tracy or Tracee. Now i was always stuck with the y at the end unless i said something to the person that spelled it wrong. YOu have no idea how many times that has happened even on paychecks but they never gave me a problem with the spelling cause my id would still say tracie. that was a big pain; but i have gotten over it. If they spell it wrong then something is wrong with them.

Wow, that sound really horrible. That will really drive you nuts. I got quite a number of friends just cut short their name. For example, it becomes GWEN instead of Gwendo-something. Sorry, but i really am not good in names. Take me a long long time to remember the name of the person. However, when i want to find out about this person. I will make sure i spell his/her name correctly. I think when creating the Birth Cert. Your parents will check thoroughly before submitting the BC. So i also find it funny that after 10 years of having the names and they send you the letter that your name spell wrongly. So funny. Sometimes, they may not think. Sometimes, they think that they did a good thing. However, they may not think that what they did is just an extra thing which should not be doing. LOL.

crazy! my name is cheryl and you would think it would be pretty easy, but a lot of people mix up the y and the l (really!) and most europeans (like my grandparents and my inlaws cannot wrap their head around the y and the l sound and it comes out shirley...sheesh!

oh god!don't you just love that? when someone has the gall to tell you how to spell your own name? i've seen so many godawful corruptions of my family name..i think i know how it's spelt.

Wow, that's a pain. That driver's license thing is dumb. I remember when I got my driver's license I was so happy because my picture was FINALLY a good one. To my surprise they marked it "male." I had to let them know... I actually had to bring in my birth certificate to prove I was female. Good thing I didn't have to pay for it, but I had to get another picture taken, which was dumb, but at least my license doesn't say "male" anymore.

Wow, I do not understand people. How can people tell you that you aren't spelling your name right?!?! Your name sounds how it is spelled, I didn't have trouble with it... sheesh! I guess I feel your pain though as I have to spell and pronounce my name for everyone - it's Cherise. Pronounced like Sh not a hard Ch. Like Charlene - which I also don't understand why someone would pronounce wrong. Your whole ordeal is ridiculous, how could people say that your birth certificate is wrong???!

I guess that would be happen to my daughter too, but i even a simple name, they can't pronounce or spell right. I say my daughter name as alexigne and pronounce as a-lek-zin meaning defender. The good thing is they always ask the correct spelling but in my name as mary-ann, a simple word for me as mama mary came the name, they make it merry-ann instead of mary, and yeah your right not even asking if they spell it right sometimes.

My mom spelled my name very uniquely, also. I've never seen it spelled this way by anyone else, even though it's not an uncommon name. I've had people ask me why my name is spelled this way, or tell me that it should be pronounced a different way. And, becuase I have two first names, meaning my last name could also be someone's first name, people are forever saying my name backwards (reversing them). This I don't understand because my first name really couldn't go for a last name. It would be like someone's last name being Rebecca or Katherine. A lot of people compliment my whole name telling me that it's very pretty or it sounds like a famous name. I like my name, didn't even change it when I got married. When people get my name wrong, and they begin to apologize, I just laugh and say "it happens all the time". When they spell it wrong I usually don't even bother to correct it. Members of my family, that I've known all my life, still don't know how to spell my name. In this case, I think what a shame it is that these people don't take the time to remember the proper spelling of my name .. I am family. You'd like to think that if people really care about you they'd at least get your name right. But, mostly, these incidents surrounding my name just don't bother me. Come to think of it, I think my name is missing a letter on my license. I'm gonna check - just for laughs.

That's a beautiful name Cassaundra... Even with mine I'd have to fight for my Y It's Brandy, not Brandi Brandie Brandee, It's Brandy. But when they try to tell you that you pronounce your name wrong? Who are these people? How do they know? Didn't you introduce yourself to them? As with people correcting your name, maybe it's a slip, because they just type so much, that they look at your name, and read it wrong, so they type it wrong, not a good excuse. Type what is written, what is written, well...you know you're name... sorry, you must deal with this all the time

it annoys the hell outta me... i hate people who dont bother to spell your name right... it just shows that they dont care about you....

OOOH boy, you have every right to rant. I am sure your name was spelled that way so that it would be pronounced with the short o sound for the au, rather than the short a sound. I am sure you and your birth certificate are correct. My mom always said, "There is no proper way to spell a proper name." Of course my mother was ALWAYS right.

I Hear Ya! When your Parents go to the trouble of making your name distinctive,it has to be annoying when people and organisations get it consistently wrong...Even he origin of my Handle here gets misspelled (not on Mylot- I created it on a TV/Movie Forum for a Character,and I've seen Shepard,Sheppard,Shepperd...)The one with the License must be a real Bummer..!

hi I do feel for you as I spell my first name Patsie and everyone misspells it Patsy and that makes me want to scream. my name is spelled with an ie. they kept saying its spelled wrong and I have to explain all over again no it is not that is my name and the way it is spelled. Isn't that like the dmv to still send you an altered drivers license. now you have to go and do it all over again. that figure!!