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Eastern Europeans in London do this. Andrzej becomes Andrew, Wojciech becomes Voytek, names beginning with Sz drop the z. People working in coffee shops often
by disputin 13y ago
Eastern Europeans in London do this. Andrzej becomes Andrew, Wojciech becomes Voytek, names beginning with Sz drop the z. People working in coffee shops often change their name after working there a while.
- theorique 13y agochange their name after working there a while The 300th time you have to say "spelled XYZABC", or the 300th time someone says "I'm sorry, what?" when you tell them your name, people tend to reach their breaking point.
- mladenkovacevic 13y agoI literally get this all the time... having to spell it out.. people asking me "did you say your name was Alladin? Is that like Bin Laden?" I don't think I'd ever be able to change it though and tell a whole whack of people I meet to just call me Ben or something. It's too much a part of my identity.
- theorique 13y agoI hear that. On the one hand, it's repeated inconvenience. On the other hand, it's your name, that you've lived with your entire life. A big part of a person's identity in most cases.
- disputin 13y agoNo doubt. Although in coffee shops they wear name badges and don't have much reason to tell people their names.
- cowpewter 13y agoMy last name is Richard. My father and his mom pronounced it Ree-shard (it's of French origin, I think?). My parents divorced when I was just a baby, and I grew up pronouncing it like the male first name. I asked my mom once why we pronounced it differently and she told me that nearly every time she had to give her name for something, the person would ask her, "Wait, how is that spelled?" and after she'd spell it, they'd reply, "Ohhhh, Richard[said like the first name]." After a couple years of this she just gave up and started giving her name that way up-front because it was faster.