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People Who Mispronounce My Name--After Years of Practice
Posted: May 4 08, 5:07 pm
by Hungary Jack
I have an unusual name in this country. It's quite common in Hungary.
It is all of 4 letters and two syllables: consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel.
I have worked at my current place of employ for four years, and there are allegedly intelligent people who still cannot pronounce me name. This in spite of the fact that I have pronounced it for them, others have pronounced for the, and it has been used extensively among my peers during meetings, etc.
These individuals are either stupid or lazy, or perhaps both. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but the first thing I do when I meet someone is to learn his/her name, and pronounce it correctly.
Get a brain morans!
Re: People Who Mispronounce My Name--After Years of Practice
Posted: May 4 08, 5:22 pm
by cardsfansince82
Mate?
Re: People Who Mispronounce My Name--After Years of Practice
Posted: May 4 08, 6:24 pm
by StatmanCrothers
I have a friend named George, whose actual Hungarian name is Gyorgy and I could never learn to pronounce it right. His cousin was named Arpod, that one I got right.
Re: People Who Mispronounce My Name--After Years of Practice
Posted: May 4 08, 7:27 pm
by maddash
Re: People Who Mispronounce My Name--After Years of Practice
Posted: May 4 08, 7:34 pm
by Hungary Jack
StatmanCrothers wrote:I have a friend named George, whose actual Hungarian name is Gyorgy and I could never learn to pronounce it right. His cousin was named Arpod, that one I got right.
The great thing about Hungarian names is that they are very distinctive. Even with minimal Hungarian language skills, I can spot a Hungarian name from a mile away.
Re: People Who Mispronounce My Name--After Years of Practice
Posted: May 4 08, 7:40 pm
by BenNX74205
Nobody can pronounce my name correctly on the first try, and many continue to fail on subsequent attempts as well.
This wasn't the case when I was growing up and our last name was well-known in the St. Louis area. I miss those days...
Re: People Who Mispronounce My Name--After Years of Practice
Posted: May 4 08, 7:59 pm
by JCShutout
What's so tough about "Hungary Jack"? Haven't they ever had pancakes?
Re: People Who Mispronounce My Name--After Years of Practice
Posted: May 4 08, 8:30 pm
by StatmanCrothers
JCShutout wrote:What's so tough about "Hungary Jack"? Haven't they ever had pancakes?
that's the problem. Hung-ga-ree-jak is different from Hung-gree-jak
Re: People Who Mispronounce My Name--After Years of Practice
Posted: May 4 08, 8:43 pm
by JCShutout
StatmanCrothers wrote:JCShutout wrote:What's so tough about "Hungary Jack"? Haven't they ever had pancakes?
that's the problem. Hung-ga-ree-jak is different from Hung-gree-jak
Ah! You're right. But that's really HJ's fault then isn't it? By having an avatar of pancakes (and logically, a face that looks like pancakes too), of course they're going to pronounce it incorrectly.
Re: People Who Mispronounce My Name--After Years of Practice
Posted: May 4 08, 10:02 pm
by Hungary Jack
You guys aren't helping my cause here.
