FabSwingers.com forum: Saying it spelling your name

By *tephenAndHisPicklenic OP Man
4 weeks ago

Ends

Do people get it wrong a lot?

Do they get it wrong even when it’s written in a previous message or email?

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By *vaRose43Woman
4 weeks ago

Forest of Dean

Not so much my first name or my married name but people would spell my maiden name wrong all the time.

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By *naswingdressWoman
4 weeks ago

Manchester (she/her)

Yeah. Or at least more often than I'd bloody expect. My name is as common as dirt.

Did get Elizabeth once. Like "hi, my name is Swing", "Hi Elizabeth"

My name doesn't sound anything like Elizabeth.

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By *urvyBunnyWoman
4 weeks ago

Suffolk

I have an unusual name, so it's always getting mispronounced. I'm tired of correcting people all the time

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By *naswingdressWoman
4 weeks ago

Manchester (she/her)

"Not so much my first name or my married name but people would spell my maiden name wrong all the time. "

I had the opposite. My ex used to book shit in my name because my surname is a tad less common than Smith, and easy to spell. His not so much.

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By *porty_and_NaughtyCouple
4 weeks ago

Swansea

Fairly regularly mid spell and miss hear. The second letter of our surname could be swapped and the name would sound similar and spelling it out would sound similar so if people have misheard the name they tend to mishear the spelling so it fits what they think they heard. Phonetic alphabet helps.

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By *viatrixWoman
4 weeks ago

Redhill

Always with a double n… ALWAYS! 😂😂😂😂

Or get called “Andrea”all the time. Where the hell they get that from is a mystery….

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By *urvyBunnyWoman
4 weeks ago

Suffolk

"I have an unusual name, so it's always getting mispronounced. I'm tired of correcting people all the time

And it's never spelt correctly! Whether that be by the person, or autocorrect 🤔

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By *urnedoutniceagainMan
4 weeks ago

louth

Mine is similar to a fairly common name and it annoys me when people just default to the common name because they are lazy or haven’t read it properly, but I dont mind when people mispronounce it because it means that they have tried

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By *exxyyDy11Man
4 weeks ago

North West

All the time my name is spelled Dylan. But I get Dillon, Dillan, Dyelon. All sorts.

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By *he ShivsCouple
4 weeks ago

Fife

People mispronounce my name all the time. There’s multiple ways to spell it as well, so they hardly ever get that right.

It’s a lost cause trying to get people to say or spell my last name correctly. I answer to anything that sounds like they may be calling me at appointments etc.

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By *uthLessKnickersCouple
4 weeks ago

Cornwall/Devon

All the time! I find it highly irritating. It’s Glenn with 2 n’s. Not some freaking valley in Scotland!

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By *oeBeansMan
4 weeks ago

Derby

No one really calls me by my full first name anymore and they use the shortened version which is a lot easier. I hate having to spell out my last name and saw some horror shows of people trying to spell it when I just say it.

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By *he ShivsCouple
4 weeks ago

Fife

"No one really calls me by my full first name anymore and they use the shortened version which is a lot easier. I hate having to spell out my last name and saw some horror shows of people trying to spell it when I just say it."

I usually get a blank stare until I ask them if they would like me to spell that for them

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By *r.and.Mrs.DSCouple
4 weeks ago

N. Wales

Yes! There's a few variations of my name, and my surname. My first name just looks wrong to me without that extra "e"! I took Mr's surname when we married, and people spell it fine, but they mishear it all the time!

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By *anonfire96Man
4 weeks ago

Mansfield

All the time, people use the I before e rule so spell my name Kieth instead of Keith.

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By *eyond PurityCouple
4 weeks ago

Lincolnshire

My surname is commonly spelt a different way due to it being a religious name so it’s second nature now to spell my name after I say it.

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By *ornycougaWoman
4 weeks ago

MADERIA Wherever I lay my hat

Hell yeah. I have an unusual given name and surname. No one can pronounce or spell either and I have heard some hilarious attempts

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By *ir-March-a-lotMan
4 weeks ago

london

Most people pronounce my name wrong all the time. Granted I have an uncommon Greek name but it’s pronounced as you would read it. For some reason people forget what the letter h after t sounds like.

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By *ickshawedCouple
4 weeks ago

Wolverhampton

My full first name I tend to spell as it can have a variety of spellings, but I only use it for official things. I use a shortened version for daily life. My married surname I spell as it's not overly common and people don't know how to spell it. Spell check doesn't like it much either and has previously tried to autocorrect it

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
4 weeks ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

When chatting to people in bars, I say Titz with a Z just so that they know

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By *reyToTheFairiesWoman
4 weeks ago

Carlisle usually

Yup.

My legal name is often misspelled. It's part of why I've gone by another name for the past two decades and really should get around to changing it.

The work email protocol is firstname.lastname. And the amount of people who reply misspelling the first name instead of using the name in the signature is absurd 💜

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By *eroLondonMan
4 weeks ago

Mayfair

I sometimes call you by your full name.

👳🏽‍♀️

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By (user no longer on site)
4 weeks ago

I sometimes call you by your full name.

👳🏽‍♀️"

When he's a naughty boy Nero?

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By *eroLondonMan
4 weeks ago

Mayfair

I sometimes call you by your full name.

👳🏽‍♀️

When he's a naughty boy Nero?"

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I can't help it. He's such a cutie pie.

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By (user no longer on site)
4 weeks ago

I sometimes call you by your full name.

👳🏽‍♀️

When he's a naughty boy Nero?

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I can't help it. He's such a cutie pie."

He is 🥰

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By *eltCuteMightDeleteWoman
4 weeks ago

Reading

This is the worst.

People often mispronounce my first name.

People always cannot say or spell my surname.

I give up with people.

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By *oeBeansMan
4 weeks ago

Derby

I usually get a blank stare until I ask them if they would like me to spell that for them

I've just decided to say it and then spell it out straight away. Give them no inch!

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By *oeBeansMan
4 weeks ago

Derby

I sometimes call you by your full name.

👳🏽‍♀️

When he's a naughty boy Nero?"

It's brutal too. Like I know I've done something wrong 🙈

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By *ell GwynnWoman
4 weeks ago

North Yorkshire

If people see my surname written down before hearing it, they always mispronounce it. If they hear it first, they always misspell it.

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By (user no longer on site)
4 weeks ago

I sometimes call you by your full name.

👳🏽‍♀️

When he's a naughty boy Nero?

It's brutal too. Like I know I've done something wrong 🙈"

Yes a certain someone will sometimes message with my full name... definitely getting told off vibes 😂

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By (user no longer on site)
4 weeks ago

"If people see my surname written down before hearing it, they always mispronounce it. If they hear it first, they always misspell it. "

Same here

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By *enelope2UWoman
4 weeks ago

Doesn't matter cant block distances

Every time and everywhere.. even if I tell them how to spell it beforehand they don't listen

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By *ortney FoxxxWoman
4 weeks ago

Mid Glamorgan

I have a really popular legal name but it’s spelt differently to the usual way & I’m still forever telling people it’s spelt with a ‘k’ & not the way everyone assumes it’s a real big pain in my life

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By (user no longer on site)
4 weeks ago

The dumbass that registered my birth got it wrong. He managed to get the name wrong as well as the spelling. My name is pure trailer trash too. He spelt it they way a hillbilly would say it.

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By *naswingdressWoman
4 weeks ago

Manchester (she/her)

"The dumbass that registered my birth got it wrong. He managed to get the name wrong as well as the spelling. My name is pure trailer trash too. He spelt it they way a hillbilly would say it. "

One of my ancestors has a misspelled given name. The female version of it. The only First Middle Surname in the area is an Aboriginal tracker, rather than a white farmer. My ancestor was First -Female Surname.

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By *BWLOVER1965Man
4 weeks ago

Ipswich

Spell my last name all the time in real life and emails

Scottish surname

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
4 weeks ago

East Sussex

They get our name wrong so often that we automatically spell it when we say it. People STILL get it wrong because they don't listen to what we're saying they're writing what they *think* we are saying. If we write it down they find it too difficult to transcribe it correctly. 🤷

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By *eliWoman
4 weeks ago

Yes. It's double-barrelled as well... people seem to really struggle with it. I'm now the douchenozzle who uses the phonetic alphabet to spell it. That really pains me.

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By *NormalMan01Man
4 weeks ago

Harrogate

People spell my name wrong all the time, even when it’s in an email signature and address.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
4 weeks ago

East Sussex

"Yes. It's double-barrelled as well... people seem to really struggle with it. I'm now the douchenozzle who uses the phonetic alphabet to spell it. That really pains me."

we have too many consonants for people to get their heads round

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
4 weeks ago

North West

"Do people get it wrong a lot?

Do they get it wrong even when it’s written in a previous message or email? "

Yes. Both names and was the same with my birth name. I'm constantly using the phonetic alphabet to spell it out

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