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[lauren-roxy]

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I feel your pain my maiden name was 10 letters ending in "eveur" which confused the heck out of most people. I used to get "Ahh, ahh Crystal Cre......oh you know who you are" Anyway, so I marry a man with a nice easy 6 letter simple last name and people still screw it up bad!! I have a friend whose last name is Smith and people still mess that up!! They say Ms. Smyth or Smeeth. DUH!!!!!!!!!
The funny thing is a while back I got a cake for my Uncle John's Bday. So I get it at Baskin Robins and asked them to put "Happy Birthday John" on it and they ask me how to spell it so I Say "J-o-h-n". The dipwad says Ok and goes to write it on the cake and comes back with ONLY "John" on the cake - No "Happy Birthday". I ask where it is and they said "You didn't tell us how to spell it" WHAT!! I think some people are getting stupider daily.

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That is too funny Crystal!!

[greystone98]

Rachel, I can sympathize. I married a "Besant" which is French in origin but in the deep South rhymes with "pleasant", but we get it a variety of ways. I ALWAYS spell it out... B (as in "boy") E S (as in "Sam") A N T and that helps tremendously.

The French pronunciation would be "Buh-Saunt" but I've heard it so many different ways, including "Bee-Sant" which just sounds so very wrong.

After almost 16 years, I just go with the flow and answer to almost anything,... as long as it's not a four-letter word.

[katspjs]

My maiden name was rather simple, but we got all sorts of spellings. My married name is Armstrong - easy enough, right? Ha! I've been asked MANY times "how do you spell that?" Arm-Strong. One girl even said to me, "well, I just wanted to make sure, you never know." So, tell me, how many different spellings of Armstrong are there? OY!

Now, my first name seems to really throw people off. It's pronounced the way it's spelled. I've been called Dee-Anna, Dana, Dee-Ann. No, no people it's Deeeee-Nnna. It's also been spelled every which way you could possibly spell it - Dena, Dina, Deana, Deanne, Deanna. Oh, yes, I almost forgot, I've been called Dinah (as in Shore) as they read my correctly spelled name! It's a slight pet peeve of mine!

[Loster]

My last name is Loster. I always say the way to pronouce is like I lost her and can find her. You would think with a name like this it would not be hard to figure out. We have been called Lobster, Loser, Lofter, Foster. I am sure there is more but I can't remember now.

Sue

[chezp]

Rachel I feel your pain - you would not believe how many different ways people can find to spell Cheryl! At times when I was a kid, I did wonder if I was the only one (apart from my parents) who didn't spell it with ly on the end...

[Colexis Mom]

Well, I have that problem with my first name. I have to spell it for everyone (although I'm used to it now). Growing up, I hated it Now I know I'm unique

[MELLAMOUSE]

My maiden name, Chance, was simple but was usually accompanied by the "take a chance" or "give me a chance" lines....
But with my married name now...how do you get Cooper out of Cropper. At my DH's college graduation they took their time and were very sure to prounounce all the Indian, and Pakistani names(big engineering school) but a simple American name like Cropper they got wrong, he was so mad.

[Nick and Ryans Mom]

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Rachel I feel your pain - you would not believe how many different ways people can find to spell Cheryl! At times when I was a kid, I did wonder if I was the only one (apart from my parents) who didn't spell it with ly on the end...

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[DebiDebiDebi]

I don't have a spelling issue, but I LOVE it when I have to give my first name for something "official" (registration for driver's licence, etc). This is how the conversation usually goes:

Questioner: "First Name?"
Me: "Debbie"
Questioner: "Is it 'Debbie' or 'Debra'?"
Me: Debbie
(OK, here's my favorite part)
Questioner" "Are you sure it's not Debra?"

I can think of a million snappy, sarcastic answers to this brilliant question, but I usually give them a look and say...

"yeah, I am pretty sure."

Yikes! It drives me insane!!!!!!!!

[GATechGal]

When my husband, Hikie, introduces himself, everyone always says the same thing, "Excuse me?" Then he has to repeat it, then they repeat it back then they ask how it's spelled. It's pronounced High-key with the emphasis on the first syllable. And for some reason no one can get Chet (DS) right either. They always think it's ChaD. So he has to repeat too. And when folks are trying to spell my name I've gotten used to saying "Two words no E".

[loobyoxlip]

Sorry, Rachel. My last name if very common, so I never have any problems.