General Forum Chat Thread (II) [ARCHIVED] • Page 1184

I pray for your daughter and the struggles she will have spelling her name to everyone lol

 

I used to know a girl whose name wasn't pronounced like it was spelled and she'd get mad when people said it wrong. like sis I get the weird name frustration but like... phonetically ur mom did u dirty there. Gotta be patient with ppl!

But when people argue with how your own name is spelled that's just weird. Like do you need to see my birth certificate??

 

I knew a girl named lemonjello and a guy name Shithead. Pronounced to sound like real names.

 

Whenever people ask what my last name is for paperwork purposes or billing or whatever I just do an internal evil laugh like lol you're gonna regret asking that question. Happened today actually! I should probably just spell it to them upfront.

 

this is how it goes when anyone asks my name:

person: what's your last name?

*me sighs internally*

me: immediately spells it out because it's pointless to say it.

as a kid I used to complain to my mom that I wanted her name because it's five letters compared to my dad's name which is 10 letters.

 

Almost tempted to make another thread.

 

My last name is a homonym which makes things tricky

 

wwhat ?

 

the j and the k in my name are both silent

 

LeMON -Ji-low and Shi-Thed

 

so is the a and the e

 

Me saying your name

 

I worked with a guy named Demon (duh mon)

 

People put an extra L in my last name on the regular

 

People invent all sorts of letters in my name. I think my full name is a bit intimidating to see all at once. Best was in school when we'd have a sub. I could see in their face like "ki...ana? Ummm ok to be safe lemme call her by her last na-OH DEAR GOD, I'll go with kiana"

 

Spanish names are mostly super easy to spell and pronounce!

 

I really don't see how people can't pronounce Kiana correctly. People are stupid.

 

Keena, kyanne, kyanna, keeana... there are a surprising amount of ways! Before she died my great grandma always swore my name was pronounced keeana. All old people call me keeana lmao

 

Güereña. Good luck. I normally leave out the accents but technically you need them to pronounce it right. I can't even do it justice cuz I sound too white.

 

the way my grandma says my name in her accent is amazing.

she says it like yun-uh-athan.

 

I used to have a chicana friend named Jessica and everyone pronounced it like yessica and it's a hard habit to break! Sorry any future Jessica's I meet!

 

Weh rain yah ?

 

I'm glad I don't have any accents in mine but my last name already sounds white so I'm ok.

I also share the same last name as a famous Dodgers pitcher and my favorite Chicano rock and roll star.

 

my last name is fucking kunstman

 

I often have to specify that my name ends with "ie," not "y." Does that qualify for this conversation?