With a Twist!
Posted on | March 30, 2011 | 11 Comments
As a victim recipient of a “twist” name I WILL say that we do get over it. Or just start to ignore it like the 4 times my name was mispronounced yesterday.
(My name is pronounced JAY-nuh. Was that your first guess? Of course it was…)
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March 30th, 2011 @ 8:36 am
These are great, Janna.
March 30th, 2011 @ 8:52 am
Do I ever hear you on this one. The guy I’ve been dating for two years now started out calling me Ja-Nie-a for a couple of months, as did most of my instructors at Langara (through the two years I was there).
And when my name was announced at the Ma Murray Awards ceremony, Randene Neill did indeed say, “And second place in the entertainment category goes to Ja-Nie-a Fuller-Evans.”
I may at some point just accept that I am Shania’s J-twin.
Ja-Nay-a
March 30th, 2011 @ 8:57 am
It’s definitely a defining moment when you hear your name mispronounced by someone you’ve known for months and months…
What do you do?
(I let someone else eventually correct them…)
And I admit, I’m horrible with the Ta(y)ra-TARas. Always get that one wrong unless I see them and say their name every day.
March 30th, 2011 @ 9:44 am
Try being a teacher! Does this particular “Megan” pronounce her name MEEgan or MAYgan? When you have a class load of 150 students, it’s really hard to remember all these little variations! My hardest was remembering whether I was talking to a “Krista” or a “Kirsta”. The one universal is that they are ALL insulted if you get it wrong! Boys are much easier in this department!
March 30th, 2011 @ 9:54 am
This is why I just stuck with calling you “Crull”.
March 30th, 2011 @ 10:23 am
It was funny because I called you Jay-nuh the first 2 months I worked at SW. Then suddenly I noticed a bunch of people calling you Jah-Nah instead and I got all panicked that I was pronouncing your name wrong. So then I just called you “Hey,” for awhile.
March 30th, 2011 @ 11:23 am
That’s funny!
March 30th, 2011 @ 12:39 pm
Okay, I had to comment. What to say is a whole other matter, but let’s just say that I appreciate this topic very much
March 30th, 2011 @ 9:03 pm
Try having a last name like…MacBean….
Bet you pronounced it wrong. Mac…Bay-n not Muck bee-n. It is not English so it doesn’t follow English pronunciation rules. I have had people actually argue with me over the pronunciation of my own name.
You can become defensive to telemarketers….correcting them over and over again.
March 31st, 2011 @ 9:42 am
What about names that are almost other names? You wanna know how many times I’ve had “Ceceeeeeeelia you’re breakin my heart’ sung to me when I’ve introduced myself? Hundreds. And my name isn’t Cecelia.
Also my last name is Clare, so I get a lot of people assuming my name’s been written down wrong and they call me Clare instead.
That said, I have an unhealthy love for my name, and would never change it. I love this latest series, though! You’re hilarious.
April 3rd, 2011 @ 9:05 am
Every name is a huge disaster…