I wish I had the patience to correct dumbass westerners on how to say my name but after 35 years I’m too damn tired and just go by a short nickname now. It’s like their brains can’t even function and don’t recognize how to string letters together.
ETA: and of course there are North Indians in her comments telling her she’s saying her own name wrong 🙄🙄🙄
The consultant I had for my birth introduced himself to me and kind of hesitated and instead of telling me his actual name said "actually call me doctor Samy". But his badge said Dr. (Surname). Pretty sure the poor guy was just sick of westerners not getting his name right when it really wasn't that hard to pronounce. Didn't press the issue as I wasn't sure if I would just make him uncomfortable but like... Just sound it out, folks!
Edited as I decided not to include the guys actual name. Realised professionals can be googled.
I have a foreign name that’s hard for people to pronounce but after spending my entire childhood correcting them, I just stopped and let them say it however they want, unless they ask how to pronounce it.
But if everyone learned how to pronounce Saoirse, nothing seems too hard
Damn, yeah, I'm sorry, I'll never understand irish names! (And still, all it takes to be able to learn them is the person telling you how to pronounce them)
It's my second language and when I'm not working with English words or names I default to sounding things out the same way I would with a Spanish word or name I haven't seen before. It's really not as hard as people seem to think, English is an awkward AF language for pronunciation and most other languages are a bit more sensible about it lol.
i fucking refuse to go by a shortened version of my name just to convenience people. it's a short name, fucking figure it out. i always say that anyone who butchers my name probably failed basic phonics as a child, because my name abides by the basic american/english phonetics rules
i've had people get annoyed/angry that i call them out for fucking up my name. sorry i'm not named jane or john you absolute shitbags, go back to the first grade you goddamn dunces and learn how to pronounce vowels in all situations. so yes i get where she's coming from
also isn't the dude who plays paxton like a decade older than her? because eep
agreed. people should try their best to use someones correct name - it’s dehumanizing when they’ll decide not to. I have trouble pronouncing stuff because of a neurological condition that makes my words come out differently than how they form in my head but I was taught that it was impolite to use assign a nickname.
I hate that people who are normal with zero speech issues get so belligerent and lash out at you for trying to correct their pronunciation. makes no sense!
I have a common English first name, but a very unique last name. It's not hard, but people mess it up all. the time. Once, I got angry and said "listen, it's not hard, unless you don't know how to read. You know how to read, right? So it shouldn't be hard to figure out two syllables, right?"
Answer I got: "Yeah, I can read, but it is kinda hard to be honest. I'm dyslexic, so I'm honestly not trying to mess it up I'm just not sure I'm reading it right?" I wanted to crawl under a table and die.
So, now I have an exception: if you're dyslexic or have some sort of neurological or brain impairment, you're fine, I'll correct it and we can go from there. Otherwise, it's two syllables, figure it out.
I regret not correcting my uni tutor when he used to pronounce my name wrong (not that he even cared) bc he mispronounced it at graduation. But I would've had to do it constantly every week for 3 years so I couldn't be bothered, my friend did try to help tho so I really appreciated that.
Sick of yt people not even trying ¬_¬ WE SHOULDN'T FUCKING HAVE TO CORRECT YOU EVERY 5 FUCKING SECONDS
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ETA: and of course there are North Indians in her comments telling her she’s saying her own name wrong 🙄🙄🙄
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Edited as I decided not to include the guys actual name. Realised professionals can be googled.
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But if everyone learned how to pronounce Saoirse, nothing seems too hard
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Try having Labhaoise as a name. Even some Irish can't pronounce it
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But Spanish is my first language lol
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i've had people get annoyed/angry that i call them out for fucking up my name. sorry i'm not named jane or john you absolute shitbags, go back to the first grade you goddamn dunces and learn how to pronounce vowels in all situations. so yes i get where she's coming from
also isn't the dude who plays paxton like a decade older than her? because eep
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I hate that people who are normal with zero speech issues get so belligerent and lash out at you for trying to correct their pronunciation. makes no sense!
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Answer I got: "Yeah, I can read, but it is kinda hard to be honest. I'm dyslexic, so I'm honestly not trying to mess it up I'm just not sure I'm reading it right?" I wanted to crawl under a table and die.
So, now I have an exception: if you're dyslexic or have some sort of neurological or brain impairment, you're fine, I'll correct it and we can go from there. Otherwise, it's two syllables, figure it out.
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Sick of yt people not even trying ¬_¬ WE SHOULDN'T FUCKING HAVE TO CORRECT YOU EVERY 5 FUCKING SECONDS
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