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Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Today I went for an interview with a new deal adviser. "She walked over and said "well I'm not even going to try to pronounce your name." :banghead: like, wtf? I of course promptly gave her the chin as she turned around. But, how rude and illiterate is that? If she's tried to pronounce the, oooh shock horror, three sylables, phonetically- she's actually have said it right! Wonder what she does when she's reading and comes across a word she's never seen before?

Does anyone else have an unusual first name?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Where I work, over half the people have long complicated Polish or Indian/Middle Eastern names. All of the confusing ones have short easy nick names they go by. They really don't even expect me to try and say their name :p
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    littlemissylittlemissy Posts: 9,972 Supreme Poster
    katralla wrote:
    Today I went for an interview with a new deal adviser. "She walked over and said "well I'm not even going to try to pronounce your name." :banghead: like, wtf? I of course promptly gave her the chin as she turned around. But, how rude and illiterate is that? If she's tried to pronounce the, oooh shock horror, three sylables, phonetically- she's actually have said it right! Wonder what she does when she's reading and comes across a word she's never seen before?

    Does anyone else have an unusual first name?

    Is your first name your username?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    katralla wrote:
    Does anyone else have an unusual first name?

    No - but I know a couple of people with unusual names.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Not technically, but the Irish side of my family call me by a different name to my "real" name (same as my Mam's, Nana's etc).

    When I went to Uni I decided I was going to go by that; I changed my mind when one of my lecturers insisted on calling me "Bread" :lol:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Hmm, not that unusual, but I got a christmas card from a guy at work I have known for about 18 months, who I have always known as 'Morris'... turns out it's spelt 'Maurice'... oops.. :blush:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    My Favorite First and Last name:

    Uthaiwan
    Wiitanen
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    90% of the people in the company i work for are Russain. all the their first names are easy, Andrey, alexi, olga, Ivan, Denis, etc.... the surnames you can figure out if you try and read it.

    Guess some peopl are just rude. Hope you get the job just to tell her to stick it for being rude.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I like that name!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    I wonder how English-speaking people think "Yorghos" is pronounced... I wrote it that way to make it simpler, but some people still get confused.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Zalbor wrote:
    I wonder how English-speaking people think "Yorghos" is pronounced... I wrote it that way to make it simpler, but some people still get confused.

    Your-go?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    To be fair, I'd have probably said the same.
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    my_name wrote:
    Your-go?
    Pretty close. The 's' at the end is supposed to be pronounced though.
    And the "gh" isn't exactly "g", but I suppose it's difficult for you to make that sound alone, as it doesn't correspond to a latin letter.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Is that your name off chance?
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    Yup. :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yar-hos
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Haha, I spoke to a customer called Shimmy, Wellington, and Dimple. :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    when i used to work in a call centre there was a customer on the data base called "Pubic Hair" no word of a lie, and people had actually spoken to the guy and he'd changed his name for a joke. ive still got a pic somewhere
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    1983 wrote:
    Haha, I spoke to a customer called Shimmy, Wellington, and Dimple. :D


    Their parents wanted them to be strippers :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Does seem that way, eh? Har.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    IMAGE_00010.jpg

    oh yes! found it
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Can anybody else read that or do I need glasses.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    its blurry cos its a old camera phone of a pc monitor, i'll try touch it up.
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    turlough wrote:
    yar-hos
    :no:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    koe_182 wrote:
    IMAGE_00010.jpg

    oh yes! found it
    I can read it.

    Mr Pubic Hair
    164 cole street.
    Scunthorpe
    South ..

    About it tho.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Basic Instinct wrote:
    I can read it.

    Mr Public Hair
    164 cole street.
    Scunthorpe
    South ..

    About it tho.

    Pubic hair :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    beans wrote:
    Pubic hair :p

    Thought that too.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I think personally that posting his address was a bit unnesscesary and a bit dubious whether it is legal to do so.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    whatever, i dont know the law on these things, if it needs to be removed, then fairly so.
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