Do you correct people who mispronounce your name?

[Soulmate]

I have a decently easy and common name but it is always mispronounced badly too. If I work with them I will correct them once or twice but if they keep doing it I just let them look stupid. People I meet once I let it slide. I had a co-worker who continued to mispronounce it wrong and it felt like it was a test to see if I respected myself or something. It was just weird. She even wrote the label for my mailbox so there was no way she didn't know what it was.

[ejs]

And since NOBODY pronounces it right, I just let it slid. Unless DH is with me, then I correct them.

Pink, why do you only correct them if your husband is with you?

As Laura said, unless it's someone I'll be dealing with regularly, I don't bother correcting them.

[TracieB]

I don't have a people pronouncing my name wrong, Tracie. They just call me something else. A lot of times people call me Stacie, so heck yeah I correct them because that's not me. LOL!

Ditto this! WHY is it people see a "S" there instead of a "T"?? I don't get it.

[Niobe]

My name can be either an English female's name, or due to my mother's brilliant kre8tive spelling, an Hispanic male's name. So, I have to do a lot of correcting, often of gender as well. Yeah, thanks Mom. I hate kre8tive spellings.

[tashaw6]

Never in my life have I heard the Nat-arsh-a. I've always pronounced it Nat-ah-sha (like say ahhhh). Guess I'd still be wrong too.

Yeah, I get that too! haha! And you'd be wrong...

[Marisa]

Natasha, are you Canadian? It reminds me of how they pronounce Tanya (first syllable rhymes with 'man', rather than 'on').

Everyone pronounces my first name wrong. You're probably doing it right now, but I forgive you because it's the internet and you can't hear me say it. The "i" has a long "e" sound, it's Italian, my nickname amongst friends and family is "Reese".

I do try to correct people when given the opportunity -- today I got a message for "Marissa" from the midwives office (and I'm only 40+ weeks pregnant, the receptionist should know me by now, ya think?). I called her back and said this is ma-REE-sa... I have no idea if it sunk in....

At this point I answer to whatever, though. It's been a lifetime of annoyance for me, which is why my kids will have common, easy-to-pronounce-on-sight names.

[PinkMartini]

Pink, why do you only correct them if your husband is with you?

Because it doesn't bother me when people say my name wrong but it bothers him. He ALWAYS corrects people...

[amwilson615]

My first and last name are VERY common, so absolutely no mispronunciations there. My mom's name is Melanie, and for some reason, people CONSTANTLY refer to her as Melody--written and orally. I don't get that AT ALL.

[emmjay]

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[diam124]

You know, I don't think I've ever had someone mispronounce my name (first or last). I guess that's one benefit to being named Amy!