Why can't anybody pronounce my name right?

[ermitonto]

My name is Levi. That's leave-eye, like the jeans. My name is not Levee. It is not Leave-ee. All right, world? Somebody get it right already. I've almost given up trying to correct people.

Anybody else have this problem?

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

Yeh, when teachers at college, or whoever ask me my name i say "Josh" and most think i say "Jazz, John or Jack" No one ever hears me say "Josh", and they always ask again, no idea why no one can understand me when i say it.

I find it funny though, like a tutor at college on the first day asked for my name and i said "Josh" and he said "Jazz? That's an unusual name" and i was like "No i said Josh".... "John, did you say?" and then someone else in the class shouted "It's Josh!" haha

[robert42]

levi nice name

[somebody someone]

I read it as "lev-e"

[Takingsunday21]

My friend Gerry gets called Jerry all the time! Seriously I've never heard anybody pronounce his name right their first time. Like when we would get attendance taken he was always called Jerry. After so long he didn't even correct people anymore it was funny.

[beachguy in thongs]

Blame it all on Avril Lavigne for becoming famous.

[F L E S H]

You'd be surprised at how many people mispronounce 'Alan'.

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

Lol Alan, i just don't know why no one can understand me when i say "Josh" lol;)

[F L E S H]

Lol Alan, i just don't know why no one can understand me when i say "Josh" lol;)
Especially in England... You'd figure they'd have a grasp of their own language! :D

[beachguy in thongs]

Your parents should've made your whole life easier and named you "Al", Chosh.

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

Haha yeah "The british are coming, the british are coming!"


Then when i have to say my name again i seem to say it quiter, 'cause everyone starts watching me lol
So it's a viscious cycle haha

[Canadabis]

My name is Levi. That's leave-eye, like the jeans. My name is not Levee. It is not Leave-ee. All right, world? Somebody get it right already. I've almost given up trying to correct people.

Anybody else have this problem?

Yes, my name is french and people outside of quebec are retarded, and cant pronounce simple names.

[benagain]

well i answer the phone all day and though my name is ben, most people call me either tim, or darren, or vin. OK, I can see the tim thing maybe even darren, but wtf..how many people do you know named Vin? i understand it's short for vincent, but come on, the only vin i know is the big bald guy that makes ok action flicks.

[ermitonto]

Yes, my name is french and people outside of quebec are retarded, and cant pronounce simple names.
I'm sure I could pronounce it, and I'm just an American. But then again I'm part Québécois and I speak French.

[Dae Styles]

nobody can ever pernounce my last name right, they mysteriously get most of it right but when they come across the.. Road @ the end they allways say Rod... wtf.

does Road Look like Rod?

[OreO]

ya my name is Arya...people pronounce it Area....Ari....Aryan....Orea...Areo....ya i hate that shit man its Arya(R-E-AH)...u get it?

[XxTornXimagexX]

i have a friend named levi, so i noe how to say it :D

[looseends]

my teachers always had a hard time with adrienne. it was always an-dreena, or A-Dree-Anne. I'm thinking, "you're the teacher and you can't read A-Dree-N". Idiots!

[beachguy in thongs]

I did not know your name was Levi, Ertimonto.

[beachguy in thongs]

Yes, my name is french and people outside of quebec are retarded, and cant pronounce simple names.

Dude, I grew up with Hockey cards, don't tell me I can't pronounce French names just because my last name was Bagdonis before my grandparents came to America.

As a matter of fact, my confirmation name is Anton, after Anton Stasny. You're Canadian, you know who he is.

[Lily420]

I read your name right man. The same thing happends with me but its an honest mistake everyone makes: The name is Jaqueline not jacqueline, my name needs to be spoken (i almost wrote smokin lol) with a french accent. Thats the truth.

[ArtRollins]

Lol Alan, i just don't know why no one can understand me when i say "Josh" lol;)

No matter what someone thinks my name is, I agree. Why argue? As long as they know who I am.

[beachguy in thongs]

I read your name right man. The same thing happends with me but its an honest mistake everyone makes: The name is Jaqueline not jacqueline, my name needs to be spoken (i almost wrote smokin lol) with a french accent. Thats the truth.

Hey Jacque-leen. Nice to meet you. I'm Chris and lost my virginity to a Jacqueline. I've been sober (off beer) for nine-hours, or after I fell asleep because I was enraged at the balls-and-strikes called during last night's Yankee game.

[beachguy in thongs]

I read your name right man. The same thing happends with me but its an honest mistake everyone makes: The name is Jaqueline not jacqueline, my name needs to be spoken (i almost wrote smokin lol) with a french accent. Thats the truth.

Hey Jacque-leen. Nice to meet you. I'm Chris and lost my virginity to a Jacqueline. I've been sober for nine-hours, or after I fell asleep because I was enraged at the balls-and-strikes called during last night's Yankee game. I think Jacquelyn was the correct spelling, yeah it is. In her case.

[SensiRide]

My name is Cerise, hardly anyone can prounounce it right! Or they keep changing it to Shanice or Cherise, aaaargh! Its Se-reese :D

[beachguy in thongs]

What's Cerise, Latin for cherish? Hy, Cerise, I'm Sir Chris.

[SensiRide]

Hey Sir Chris :D Nah, its french for cherry and its a colour! Cerise pink (also my fav colour)

[trummel]

My last name is the same as a known first name with an extra "i", so everybody uses the "common" (but wrong) name.. sometimes they even mix it up, with using this as my first name

and hardly anybody pronounces it right either, but well, i don't care about this anymore..

I call others, that make this "fault" by different names on purpose as well.
"Hi John!" "but my name's Jack" "yeah, mine name's different as well, but who cares?" ;)

[beachguy in thongs]

Hey Sir Chris :D Nah, its french for cherry and its a colour! Cerise pink (also my fav colour)

My name is Christopher, which means "Christ's bearer". Anyone named Chris who isn't a Christian was born to be a hypocrite. And for a long time, the only French phrase I knew was, "Plus ca change, Plus ce la meme chose."

[beachguy in thongs]

My last name is the same as a known first name with an extra "i", so everybody uses the "common" (but wrong) name.. sometimes they even mix it up, with using this as my first name

and hardly anybody pronounces it right either, but well, i don't care about this anymore..

I call others, that make this "fault" by different names on purpose as well.
"Hi John!" "but my name's Jack" "yeah, mine name's different as well, but who cares?" ;)

I got it. Lewiis.

[mellow mood]

cerise is cherry but in french

anyway yea english seem to be retarted is it that hard to pronounce a simple french name. i mean fuck i can pronounce english names easily why cant they

at least my names samuel so sam is ok.

[beachguy in thongs]

cerise is cherry but in french

anyway yea english seem to be retarted is it that hard to pronounce a simple french name. i mean fuck i can pronounce english names easily why cant they

at least my names samuel so sam is ok.

Ask a guy from Ghana and he'll pronounce your name wrong.

English is so complex, French is more segregated, yet beautiflee.

[mellow mood]

are u saying french is less complex than french? coz english is sooo simple

[ermitonto]

Actually, on the whole, languages are just about equally complex. It's just that the complexity lies in different areas. French, for instance, has a more complex verb system and English has more irregular verbs. French has gender in nouns which is hard for English speakers, and English has a complex set of verbs + prepositions (things like take up, take out, take in, take off, take down, take on, etc. which have very different, almost random meanings that have to be memorized) which is hard for French speakers. Both have ridiculously complex spelling systems though.

[beachguy in thongs]

I say we all just learn Spanish.

Good post, ertimonto, you linguistics expert.

[ermitonto]

Well, linguistics is my major.

[Lily420]

Hey Jacque-leen. Nice to meet you. I'm Chris and lost my virginity to a Jacqueline. I've been sober (off beer) for nine-hours, or after I fell asleep because I was enraged at the balls-and-strikes called during last night's Yankee game.
You cant call me jaqueline, hi, and good for you. Have a nice day.

[beachguy in thongs]

well, we called her Jackie. I want to be nice to you. Have a good night.