Names which you mispronounced for years, before eventually realising...

Hermi-one, was it?

In my head I still say it 'sib-oh-han' but try and remember say it properly out loud.

It's not a name, but I say burial as 'bur-ree-all' rather than 'beh-rial'


People get my name wrong all the time. It's Teresa (Ter-ray-sa), not Theresa or Therese....(or any of the multiple options people provide me with). Te-rees-a drives me mad, but a lot of my associates call me it, and sometimes I just give up correcting them.

I think most people mispronounce Mitsubishi though. As a Japanese word it should be Mi-tsu-bi-shi and not Mit-su-bish-i.

Hermione.

For a period i thought Niger was pronounced the same as the N word, rather than ni-jair. Could have been embarrassing.

People seem to have difficulty with Irish Gaelic names, like Caoimhe, Niamh, Seán, Siobhán etc above.

My name is Gráinne - I've only once met an English person who pronounced it correctly the first go, and it was a philology tutor at Oxford. I was impressed.

Neimh (or however it's spelt), no idea where it gets the v-sound from :/

Surely once you tell them once that should be enough?

People have a problem with names that aren't pronounced how they are spelt!

My best guess would Gra-een, or maybe Gra-inn-ay. I bet its actually something like 'ryan' though

Apparently not. People seem to have to be trained into it.
I even get it when I tell people my name, like when in the doctors or something.

Receptionist: So, can I take your name?
Me: Ter-ray-sa
Receptionist: Okay, thankyou Ter-rees-a, can you take a seat
Me:

It's like they think I've got my name wrong...

People seem to have difficulty with Irish Gaelic names, like Caoimhe, Niamh, Seán, Siobhán etc above.

My name is Gráinne - I've only once met an English person who pronounced it correctly the first go, and it was a philology tutor at Oxford. I was impressed.