How Do You Pronounce Your Name?

[Doggirl]

Mary-Louise/Mar-ee-Lou-ease. I hate it when people say can I call you Mary? I'm thinking "No did you not here me say my name?" But I always end you saying that they can. And I'm suprised if I don't have to repeat it sevral times before they get it.

[swimma253]

Carly- Car- lee

[joanofark]

Sar-ra/Sarah

People never have any problem saying my name, they just have a problem spelling my name. They spell it-

Sara (I hate that)
My friend Marianne has a older brother who spells it Sahra
Serah
Sareh
Saria

I've seen everything!...I dident think it was so hard to spell S-A-R-A-H

[pitc9]

Angie

Sounds like Ann-G

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Deb-e = Debbie pretty simple. The thing that I hate is when people insist on calling me Debra, even though they have no idea if that's my real name or not. I've known people that the only name I've ever told them is Debbie, and they insist on Debra - and not only Debra, but Deb-or-a = Deborah - gah! I hate it! Just because Debbie is a common nickname for Debra or Deborah, that doesn't mean that that is my name. Terry's (my signficant other) real name is actually Terry - not Terrance and my boss's real name is Randy - not Randall, so why do people assume that my real name is Debra - or worse Deborah?

Ok, after all that ranting, yes, my real name is Debra, but I've always been known as Debbie and it's just a pet peeve of mine - thus the rant.

[dappledoxie]

Bran-dee=Brandy

or as my best friend Shannon says... Brand-Y

or my nephew pronounces it.... MeMe

lol!

[BCBlondie]

My name is Diana, pronounced Dee-aw-na !! (NOT die-anna)

[Harmanie]

My name is pronounce
kay+ate= Kate
But my real name is Kathline pronounced
Kath+leen

[Cataholic]

Joe-hawn-ah. Johanna. Not simple. Really not simple. Mispronounced ALL the time. Jo-ANNA, Jo-hanna, Jill Hanna (very often, which surprises me). About 10% call me Joh....

I can always tell if someone is a friend of mine by the way they pronounce my name (over the phone....in person, I recognize my friends, usually).

[Samantha Puppy]

Jaime = Jay-mee

I always know when I'm getting a crap phone call when someone asks for Mr. Jaime, Jaime pronouced Hy-may (as in Spanish), or James.

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by Cataholic
Joe-hawn-ah. Johanna. Not simple. Really not simple. Mispronounced ALL the time. Jo-ANNA, Jo-hanna, Jill Hanna (very often, which surprises me). About 10% call me Joh....

I can always tell if someone is a friend of mine by the way they pronounce my name (over the phone....in person, I recognize my friends, usually).

Joe-hawn-ah??? Really? I always thought it was pronounced *Joe-hanna*. I know a girl named Johanna at school, and that's how she pronounces it, so I assumed your's would be the same way. From now on, I'll have to call you *Joe-hawn-ah*. Does the pronounciation have to do with what part of the country you're from? Everyone here pronounces it as *Joe-hanna*.

[Cataholic]

PCB- you are a nut. You pronounce my name right. I am differentiating between Jo-han(like man)-ah, and Jo-hawn(like Dawn)-ah. The only people that routinely pronounce my name correctly are NON-American born people.

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by Cataholic
PCB- you are a nut. You pronounce my name right. I am differentiating between Jo-han(like man)-ah, and Jo-hawn(like Dawn)-ah. The only people that routinely pronounce my name correctly are NON-American born people.

Ah, now I get it. From your post, I thought I pronounce it incorrectly. I'm not a *non-American* born person though. That is funny. You'd think people born in other countries would be the ones to pronounce it incorrectly.

[wolf_Q]

Aim-ee (Amy)..... not too hard I've never had a problem with people pronouncing my first name, my last name however, is a different situation!!

[guster girl]

Originally posted by KBlaix
My name is Kari pronounced like..
Help me carry the groceries into the house.

Mine, too! NOT like car (automobile) - ee. kari