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What gets me is the people who decide not to call me by the name I specifically introduce myself with. I have a nasal vowel in my name that, so far in my life,
by rkomorn 1y ago
What gets me is the people who decide not to call me by the name I specifically introduce myself with.
I have a nasal vowel in my name that, so far in my life, only French and Portuguese speakers have pronounced properly.
I learned English in the US young enough that no one guesses I'm not native, and I anglicized my name so that it could be pronounced easily. It is what I go by.
I introduce myself with this adopted pronunciation. People often ask me how to pronounce it in French, so I tell them, but reiterate that I go by the anglicized pronunciation.
Inevitably, those folks start using their wrong attempt at French and I have to correct them and tell them I go by the anglicized pronunciation.
Edit: strong feelings had, obviously.
- pavel_lishin 1y agoYeah. Every time someone asks me, "but how do you really pronounce it", I do a big internal sigh and resign myself to the next 10 minutes being a useless pronunciation lesson.
- rkomorn 1y agoAnd when they somehow come away satisfied that their wrong pronunciation works... ugh. I will say though, I'm perfectly fine with people not being able to pronounce my name, and I do expect the same courtesy in return. I'll give it my best shot, but if it's not happening, it's just not happening.
- pavel_lishin 1y ago> And when they somehow come away satisfied that their wrong pronunciation works... ugh. Whatever the outcome, I'm just pleased that that particular conversation has come to an end.
- huhkerrf 1y ago> I'm perfectly fine with people not being able to pronounce my name... I'll give it my best shot, but if it's not happening, it's just not happening. It's hard to square this with all of the frustration you're expressing in your other comments.