11.
“Hi, I’m Antje.”
“Yeah, I won’t even try to pronounce that. How do I call you?”
“You call me Antje.”
“No, seriously, if we have to work together, I need to call you something.”
“Yeah. Antje.”— Antje (@amiasmatics) January 10, 2020
12.
1980: Hospital in Colchester. I await my appendectomy op and listen to Hospital Radio.
DJ1: Hey, you’re listening to Hospital Radio Colchester’s Request Hour and we have a request for “seen” Jones.DJ2: I think it’s “shorn”.
DJ1: It’s spelled “sean” like bean.
— John, son of John, son of John, son of John. (@seanjonesqc) January 10, 2020
13.
My name is Amanda. Only my family calls me “Mandy”, but at work, people call me “Amy” or “Amber”.
I just…..
— Amandalorian – Queen Of Festivus (@NorthernCall19) January 9, 2020
14.
me: my name is Ilya
person: Eleeya
me: Ilya
Person: Eliott
Me: ILYA
Person: Ellen
me: I-L-Y-A!
Person: Bob— Some_Knight (@ilyakaplan2) January 9, 2020
15.
I hate giving my name at fast food places because they never hear me properly and then ask for a spelling which… gets confusing, so I once tried to give the name Bob instead to make it easier for them and the lady working said “Blob? As in b-l-o-b?”
THERE IS NO ESCAPE!!— Aodhán (@ChiIriRusz) January 10, 2020
16.
My name is Guillermo
I’m from Argentina
There, we pronounce it:
“Gui-Sher-Moh”
The rest of Spanish Speaking countries say: GUI-ER-MOIn Starbucks Chile, I’m asked for my name:
Me: “Guishermo”
Barista: Michelle?
Me: not, GUIshermo
Barista: Sherman
Me: Gui-ier-moh
The results: pic.twitter.com/L0miUvAt49— (@gedelapena) January 10, 2020
17.
Same.
“Do you prefer Vicki or Tory or just Vic?”
“I prefer my name, which is the one I told you–Victoria.”
“That’s too long. Women should have shorter, friendlier names. Victoria is too https://t.co/6ULLPq7S1A‘s off-putting.”— Victoria Brownworth #NoWarWithIran (@VABVOX) January 10, 2020
18.
Well, my last name is Escovar (yes, spelled with a v) and I’m from Colombia, I guess you can imagine my problem.
And no, no relation at all.— Julio Cesar Escovar (@julitroescovar) January 9, 2020
19.
“What’s your name?”
Dee.
“Dean? Hi Dean.”
Dee.
“Deena.”
No, Dee.
“Deanna.”
Just Dee.
“Dana.”
There’s no N.
“Dia.”
Dee.
“I don’t know what you’re saying.”
What comes after C?
“D?”
Yes!
“Your name is just one letter?”
With two E’s.
“Oh, Edie!”— Dee Hanson (@DeeHansonTweets) January 9, 2020
20.
Me: Justyna
Them: Hi Tina
Me: What? No. Justyna
Them: Tina, got it.
Me: No. It starts with a J. Justyna!
Them: Ohhh! I thought you were saying “just Tina”.Me: pic.twitter.com/QMgtKj8gCZ
— JJ O’Brien (@JJCelery) January 10, 2020