The Right Way to Say It.

Guy pronouncing names wrong. Now I introduce myself with Hi my name is Awk-SHY-yah Na-ta-RAH-jan nice to meet you and have effectively canonized this mispronunciation of my name as a part of my identity. And when asked at the San Francisco Whiskey Expo in the early aughts how to pronounce the name of his distillery Tom Bulleit the founder of Bulleit Bourbon is reported to have replied Just like the ammunition So Steve or whatever you name is I hope youve since learned the error of your ways. I get it The C-Y combination at the beginning of a word isnt a thing we do here.

Its a similar game of pretending to remember your name wrong. Substitute teacher pronounces students names wrong. Te Whare Kotua says it was the first time he felt offended at someone pronouncing his name wrong.

Dont get me wrong its not always an end to the debacle of my name. We release new videos throughout the weekSubscribe for MORE. The history of classical music is filled with many glorious and varied names.

Bring it up at the moment It may feel awkward to interrupt the flow of a conversation with a name correction but bringing it up in the moment can help you. These all have anglicised versions but if theyve never heard them before an English speaker would probably have no idea how to pronounce these. How long did you last before you crackedSubscribe to get a little more Unicorn in your life.

In fact all frames of reference for how to make this. Theres no official confirmation from the parents on how to pronounce the name yet but theories include. I often have to go through multiple reiterations before a stranger will even get that right.

Heres an example from The Aviator with the cigarette girl. Growing up it was more just feeling uncomfortable when it happened but at that moment I just realised here was this guy who saw my name and just disregarded it. Its simply sigh and fred as in the name Fred and not say-freed as most people say it.