Has anybody mispronounced your name?
By solxee
@sol_cee (38219)
Philippines
March 19, 2023 5:41pm CST
I went to Starbucks with my elementary school bff and while we were having chika chika, I heard the staff call someone’s name. I ignored her and on her second or third time (maybe fourth?) of calling (or maybe shouting?), my friend immediately stood up and claimed her latte. So it was her who was called? When she came back to our seat, she was squirming as she showed me how her name was spelled on the cup. Instead of ‘Archeza’, I read ‘Archeesa’. That’s why I didn’t recognize her name being called. 
We laughed at her new cheese sounding name.
Do you agree with the photo?
We laughed at her new cheese sounding name.
Do you agree with the photo?24 people like this
22 responses
@DaddyEvil (137461)
• United States
20 Mar 23
I wasn't aware "Bean" could be pronounced a different way....
When I was still in school, substitute teachers pronounced my name with a long "a" and that just isn't right. If I hadn't know they should call my name after the kid with the last name "Summers", I wouldn't have known they were calling me.
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@DaddyEvil (137461)
• United States
20 Mar 23
@sol_cee Summers is the last name of the guy that used to come before my name on the school register. When teachers check to see who's in class, they call the last name. The person is supposed to reply "Here" and the teacher calls the next name.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
20 Mar 23
@DaddyEvil ohhh what would have happened if you didn’t say ‘Here’? Will you have been marked absent?
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@RebeccasFarm (90294)
• Arvada, Colorado
20 Mar 23
Yes I agree with that photo and this is hilarious
Yes I get called all kinds of names, no one can say my real name.
Anyway I saw one time at a Starbucks they were calling Liam Neeson, but instead of Liam..they called him LIME
Yes I get called all kinds of names, no one can say my real name.
Anyway I saw one time at a Starbucks they were calling Liam Neeson, but instead of Liam..they called him LIME2 people like this
@RebeccasFarm (90294)
• Arvada, Colorado
20 Mar 23
@sol_cee Well it was on a video I saw and he was there at the Starbucks LOL
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@jefferson126 (3314)
• Shenzhen, China
20 Mar 23
We did experience such a case,Chinese name is simple and easy to pronounce.However there is another issue that it's likely a person's name is same with another one.We had two colleagues with same name in our company.When we hold a meeting,must add either "older" or "younger" before their name when call them.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Mar 23
@jefferson126 true but the pronunciation is totally different from the spelling, yeah?
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@jefferson126 (3314)
• Shenzhen, China
21 Mar 23
@sol_cee ,maybe i use a inexact expression last time,actually,i meant Chinse name is short,usually composed of two characters or three characters.
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. At a place like Starbucks when they ask for a name, I just tell them say "C" .. . it's much easier for them 
@allknowing (137552)
• India
20 Mar 23
Yes. Most here add a y at the end of my name and you can imagine my reaction
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@LeaPea2417 (37369)
• Toccoa, Georgia
20 Mar 23
I have never had a problem pronouncing the guy in the photos name.
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@Chellezhere (5741)
• United States
22 Mar 23
Yesterday, my next-door neighbor (who has known me for nearly 10 months) called me Melissa. My name is Michelle, and she is not the first to do that. How anyone gets Melissa out of Michelle is beyond me, but I also know a few Melissas who are often mistakenly called Michelle, and I also know a Denise who is frequently mistakenly called Cindy. There is no rhyme or reason.
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@YrNemo (20255)
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25 Mar 23
@sol_cee I had a mean looking teacher like that when I was in grade 2. He scared all of us because anyone got down in their monthly grading, would get a whack on the palm of their hand (timber ruler). I ran before that happened, only to find out that I had got top of the class that time, bummer! (my beautiful teacher moved school, and before she left, she transfered me into that top class of the school - I was only 6-7 or whatever at the time!)
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@aninditasen (16505)
• Raurkela, India
20 Mar 23
My name is quite difficult. Except the people of Bengal. Most people can't pronounce it.
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@aninditasen (16505)
• Raurkela, India
21 Mar 23
@sol_cee My name is pronounced as 'a' as in 'a cup', 'nin', 'd' 'e' ' ta'.
@MrDenata (12262)
• Indonesia
20 Mar 23
I miss my kind of meeting at Starbucks ( i mean, I miss being paid for talking with a client, and ofc I can order all the cake for free, I mean my company will pay for it LOL).
i always use another name when orders at Starbucks, Like Angelo or Bryan LOL
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