"You don't act your race/age/etc etc."

Originally Posted by Lady Miyomi

Talking about getting names messed up, it seems as though a lot of people can't say my name correctly. I've literally had certain people say my name in a way that makes it sound more of something of their own race. It's annoying. Has anybody else ever had this?

Somewhat. No one ever wants to spell my name as Sean. It's almost always phonetic to people--Shawn. I believe that I"m now to the point where my name is really "Sean. S. E. A. N." whenever someone is asking it and is writing it down. What's really weird is that in elementry school, I spent three or four years with teachers actually having to spend a few days trying to be able to pronounce it. I absolutley hate it when it's pronounced "seen" or "see ann" or something else. I also was told by my peers all the time that my spelling of the name was really the one given to girls, despite my efforts in telling them that my name is in fact the Irish word for John. Funny, because these same fuckers never had a problem with Sean Connery's name. Fuckin' twats.

My last name isn't really any better. I can't even begin to think what language Matoon even originates, and no one can spell that worth their lives, no mater how clearly I pronounce it.

Why couldn't my mother just stuck with her Nordic roots and named me something in Norwegian? :dotdotdot:

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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'Cause then you probably would have ended up with something scary, like "Øyvind." Then it would have been even more fun to spell out to people.

Now that would have been cool.

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