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ArchivesRe: Continued mispronounciation after correction... Why?!
in reply to a message by bacardilimonboy
Mostly, I just think the people that mispronounced Suzanne must have been idiots. However, if someone's name is being mispronounced and they're too shy or whatever to correct those people, then it's partly their fault. They should speak up for themselves. If people knew they were wrong they would probably stop mispronouncing the name. From your post, it seems like you were the one who ended up correcting everyone, so you were the one who was really bothered by it. If Suzanne herself never said anything about it she must not have cared that much.
By the way, if someone is still mispronouncing a name after they've already been corrected, it would be fun to just start mispronouncing their name too. Start calling Bob "bobe" and Sally "sawl-ligh".
By the way, if someone is still mispronouncing a name after they've already been corrected, it would be fun to just start mispronouncing their name too. Start calling Bob "bobe" and Sally "sawl-ligh".
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By the way, if someone is still mispronouncing a name after they've already been corrected, it would be fun to just start mispronouncing their name too. Start calling Bob "bobe" and Sally "sawl-ligh".
Funny you should mention that Jordan... I started addressing the two bit#$ supervisors who made the "Who cares?" remarks as Joddie (instead of "Jody") and Kate (instead of "Kat"). They just rolled their eyes and told me to "get a life". So we can write them off as idiots. However...
A popular girl at my office is named Tara pronounced "tar-uh". Her mother works there and is always yelling, "Tara (tar-uh), get me the...". It's heard by the whole office at shouting volume by the girl's own mother who gave her the damn name. If Moms ain't the definitive source, then? Meanwhile, they all call her "tear-uh". It bothers me because it so in their face, yet seconds after her MOTHER of all people says it, they say it different. It may as well be Bob and "Bobe"! It's disrespectful (but as you pointed out, they haven't been corrected because Tara is laid back and doesn't care) but it's so fundamentally dumb! It's like their ears hear it different... Or their ears will only let them hear it they way they expect to...
I'd love to hear from people who this happens to, ESPECIALLY those with more common names. I want to wrote an article about it. Thanks!
Funny you should mention that Jordan... I started addressing the two bit#$ supervisors who made the "Who cares?" remarks as Joddie (instead of "Jody") and Kate (instead of "Kat"). They just rolled their eyes and told me to "get a life". So we can write them off as idiots. However...
A popular girl at my office is named Tara pronounced "tar-uh". Her mother works there and is always yelling, "Tara (tar-uh), get me the...". It's heard by the whole office at shouting volume by the girl's own mother who gave her the damn name. If Moms ain't the definitive source, then? Meanwhile, they all call her "tear-uh". It bothers me because it so in their face, yet seconds after her MOTHER of all people says it, they say it different. It may as well be Bob and "Bobe"! It's disrespectful (but as you pointed out, they haven't been corrected because Tara is laid back and doesn't care) but it's so fundamentally dumb! It's like their ears hear it different... Or their ears will only let them hear it they way they expect to...
I'd love to hear from people who this happens to, ESPECIALLY those with more common names. I want to wrote an article about it. Thanks!
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