You need to change name because I am dumb

[Teskeria]

My first name rhymes with Micky. So tell me how people hear it as: Shakira, Shaquita, Susan, Rachel or Jennifer?

[KellyHabersham]

I've found that I've had to really enunciate when giving my first name over the phone - half the time when I answer it here in the church office, I'll get the caller referring to me as "Michelle" or "Martha" (those being the two most common "mishearings"of my name).

[Amina516]

Without giving my first name away on here...I am commonly mistaken for a breath mint.

[emax4]

Without giving my first name away on here...I am commonly mistaken for a breath mint.

BreathSavers, is that you?

[Versalia]

We have two Lisa's in our office, so one goes by her middle name, "Anne." It confuses employees and CWs, even, who are like "Who's Anne?"

[Seshat]

My surname is so unusual I tell small children to call me 'Mrs V'.

I also learned how to spell it with the phonetic alphabet. (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot... etc.)

[ArcticChicken]

Fortunately I've never had anyone say I'm spelling it wrong, at least.

You're not spelling it wrong, your parents on the other hand......j/k


When I first started at the grocery store, I just started responding to 'Miranda', 'cause none of my coworkers could remember my name.

[firecat88]

My own first name never really gets mispronounced or anything like that (My mom's is another story). It's my surname, though, that gets all the trouble. In the letters we get in the mail, I've seen just about every single misspelling there is. I've seen one less 'G' in there, I've seen the second 'G' get replaced by a 'Q', a 'Z', and an 'S'. I've seen the 'I' get turned into an 'A'....

[Skeksin]

It's spelled Raymond Luxury Yacht, but it's pronounced Throat-Warbler Mangrove

[Munkie]

i get called "amanda" a lot... the only amanda I know where I work, works in a completely different unit than I do. then again, she's front-line cashier so people talk to her more than me, the warehouse grunt lol

[chainedbarista]

Quoth Amina516
Without giving my first name away on here...I am commonly mistaken for a breath mint.

tic tac!

i also have an unusual first name, which i hate...and almost everyone mispronounces and makes others think i'm from the deep, deep south somewhere. *shakes fist* damn whoever created that name!

[bainsidhe]

Thank goodness I have a regular first name. Now if only I could stop people from giving me a nickname. Pretend my name is Elizabeth (it isn't), please don't start calling me Beth, Liz or Lizzy. I go by Elizabeth.

[Chromatix]

I'll do my best, Your Majesty.

[dalesys]

I'll do my best, Your Majesty.

We are not amused.

[AccountingDrone]

Marilyn
MaryLynn
Marylin
MarieLyn
Marielynn
Marylyn
Marilynn
Margaret
Maria
Lydia [well, I do have a tattoo at least...]