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There is the case where your name is not common or not recognized easily by your target audience. I have a french name (Julien), try and pronounce that so an am
by jguimont 15y ago
There is the case where your name is not common or not recognized easily by your target audience. I have a french name (Julien), try and pronounce that so an american knows what you are talking about (we target construction workers). Maybe the response wouldn't be "who are you again?" if my name was John or Eddy.
- martey 15y agoI assume non-Francophone English speakers would pronounce Julien like the English "Julian". My first name is the same as my username. In both email messages and phone calls, I am inevitably called Marty, Martin, or something else that is close to my name but still wrong. I like to think that it helps people remember me, and that in this globalized age (where small software companies can sell to people in 40 countries), it is not preventing me from getting or keeping clients. edit: I guess I have not really responded to your comment, since you are talking about having people understand how to pronounce your name when you tell them. I am not sure that was applicable to the author's situation, since his company was selling in 40 countries, all of which might have different ideas about how to pronounce "Alla". For example, Alla is not a common name in the United States, while Daniel is.
- GuiA 15y agoI'm Guillaume. I regularly tell people to just call me "William" :)
- smokinn 15y agoWilliam is my uncle, not me. When people struggle I just tell them it's 2 syllables: Gui and Ohm. They go oh! and get it right from then on.