I've probably got the term wrong, but I mean like the first "g" in "gauge" (which is how the area in Glasgow called "Govan" is pronounced); rather then the second "g" in "gauge", which
is how the HM's name is pronounced.

like GOAAAAAAALLLLLL to ENGLANDDDDDDDD yay we won the World Cup 

Very hard G in Glasgow for "Govan"  Pronounced Guvan up here.That where Rab C Nesbitt's fae!

Yeah - although I think they got into some trouble over that, and changed the location in later series to "South Govan", which isn't a recognized name...

I laughed at this post last night and still think it's funny... the poster explained that she typed it three times and could not spell it right and banged on the keyboard. Jeez, the housemate in question could call me anything she liked and it wouldn't bother me. I've more to worry about in life than someone spelling a name wrong, like famine, wars, murders, rapes and countless other things. Unless you know her personally how  do you know if she would be offended, maybe she  would see the humour in it. 

Bloody hell, there wasn't this much kerfuffle last year when Freddy and Sophie had to change their names!

people always spell my name wrong but so long as they pronounce it ok I don't mind.. 

Reported.




Its Freddie not Freddy.

totally agree Lumpy Tom No Use 

Its Freddie not Freddy.




These bloody spellings

People also always spell my surname wrong or pronounce it wrong, but I'm so used to it I just accept it. I'm not going to say what it is as the number of people in the UK with that name can be counted on the fingers of one hand and it would be extremely easy for anybody to find out in seconds my actual name, address and telephone number, and I prefer to remain a bit anonymous.

... and mine!   And... pronounced wrongly my surname is really really rude!  It just makes me laugh!

...but that'll be me & my narrow horizons again  

That's the spirit Home Secretary...you ***** ****** ****** of a ***** 

My surname is so boring. If someone misprounced it I'd take it as a compliment.

oops meant to say  

Thanks, I think Foreign Secretary Feck knows what names I'll be typing later Suzy... pub quiz awaits  

I'm intrigued by different families who have the exact same surname yet pronounce it differently.  Pain in the bum doing the reading records at school when you had to remember that 2 kids with the exact same surname have to be pronounced differently...then the kids either took the pee or the huff if you got it wrong.

Not again Home Secretary....at this rate you'll be ASBOing yourself and wearing a tag for an anklet 

I can only think of one mispronunciation of your surname....  and I am not so sure it would be a compliment 

Good evening Ms. Smythe 

 

Oh god...now you mention it, it has been spelt that way a few times!

My surname is Portuguese..   so has an 'h' which is pronounced as an 'e'.    Hubby not Portuguese though...    he's half Hong Kong Chinese...  the surname was acquired many centuries ago when a Portuguese sailor fell in love with a Chinese girl in Hong Kong!

Awwwww!

My name is frequently misspelt, although only non-English speakers ever mispronounce it.
Although I was previously unfamiliar with the name "Caoimhe", I had a bit of a head-start because I've a cousin called "Mhairi". It's correctly pronounced as "VA-ree", but of course she frequently gets called "Marie".

hahaha!  I know...  I imagine it to be an epic tale of romance triumphing over great odds.

I have told hubby that even if he finds out its actually a sordid little story I don't want my illusion shattered!

Awwww ditty I love stories like that....funnily enough my mother told me a story about one of my ancestors (Abena the Whore) who slept with just about every European sailor that set sail to Ghana (probs. around El Mina castle circa 1850)....and that's why some of my Ghanaian family are really fair with freckles 

oh god... I have just dribbled coffee everywhere!!!

Aww that's a nice story!

I went to school with a girl whose surname was Molyneux she pronounced it Mollin-Oh...when I was training there was a kid in my class with the same surname...his family pronounced it Molly-Knew...I always got it wrong (going with Mollin-Oh) and he used to get upset, the Teachers would take the pee and no one believed me about the girl I went to school with!

There were also 2 unrelated "Fuscile" families...one was "Few-Cilla" the other "Few-Sile"  ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!

Hahahahahaha!

hahaha!

My kids changed their surnames too when I married Mr Ditty...   all of us prefer the obscure Portuguese one to our previous one... which was very very english...  but cos of a telly programme used to get shortened... and we all hated it.

Two weeks after the name change daughter joined army cadets & suddenly realised the potential for piss take our new surname had!    But like me... she just found it funny!

They really do call her that  In my mum's language, it sounds phonetically like 'Abena di in tutu krassi fuu' (which means woman who lies on the ground with someone other than her husband) 

many moons ago one of my Clients, in a non prostitute way, was called Higginbottom..

she insisted it was pronounced. .higgin-bot-hooom...  she would go ape if you pronounced it any other way.. I am sure she was the role model for Mrs Bucket.. 

That's a brilliant story, love it!

hahahaha!

I love the long rambling insults of other languages...     my FiL says this phrase "di li fao... something, something something"...    its their version of eff orf.... but less succinct.  literally translated its 'go ahem the ahem of your mother'

how come they always bring mothers into it!

I dunno how she could be bothered...   honestly I long ago gave up correcting people about my surname...   with one like that..  with bottom at the end of it, I think you either have to embrace it...  if you can't do that then change it.   She could have just dropped the bottom!

Aww..... how polite!

hahahahahahaha

I think I'd rather just change my name than arse about with bot-hoooming it.  (no pun intended)

It is good to have a hobby


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in kath and kim
kath thanks a salesgirl, calling her 'siobahn', how its spelt on her name badge, instead of saying 'shervaun'
i laughed
mind you
kim always calls 'chardonay' - cardonay-and i laugh at that-so if theres any bottles of wine reading this-sorry for laughing

i love kath and kim

and what an odd thread

Lecs! good to see you   & 

You too Olly

Hiya Leccy  


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