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GordonG
GordonG
May 2021
4:04pm, 28 May 2021
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I had a work colleague whose name badge for a conference was accidentally changed from Louise to Lousie. She also thought it hilarious.
JK *chameleon*
JK *chameleon*
May 2021
4:13pm, 28 May 2021
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Glad it's not just me that continuously hits that typo. Lousie and Jospeh are two names that my fingers just don't seem able to type without the typo...
Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
May 2021
4:21pm, 28 May 2021
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Grinds my gears that people assume my name has 2 N’s in it (Diane) with one N surley is more common....and can’t stand if they mis hear me and call me Leanne....fucking call me anything else but NOT Leanne (ex’s bit on the side)
Dvorak
Dvorak
May 2021
4:25pm, 28 May 2021
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Quite a few people have called me by my last name for my first name, even people who I know know which way round the names go.

(In Spain, if required, I just give my first name as my last name, having seen the confusion produced by five letters otherwise.)
Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
May 2021
5:22pm, 28 May 2021
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*surely*
Eynsham Red
Eynsham Red
May 2021
5:53pm, 28 May 2021
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Eynsham Red
Don’t call me Shirley
Surrey Phil
Surrey Phil
May 2021
6:22pm, 28 May 2021
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I have issues with Jospeh too. Probably about 9/10 times, I spell the typo.

My manager (Maike) has loads of mispronounciations and never bothers about correcting them, unless people think that she's a man. It's Miker and we also have another lady in our team with the same name. She has had (pronounced) Meeka, Mike, Meesha, Mikee over the years.
Lizzie Whizz
Lizzie Whizz
May 2021
7:23pm, 28 May 2021
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A friend's daughter is Miya (Mee-yah) and I have spoken to her weekly for 3 years. I still panic and have to work out if it's Mee-yah or My-yah. Very embarrassing.
Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
May 2021
7:33pm, 28 May 2021
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It’s the same with Marie ...my niece (Mar ee ) a friend (Mir ee ) both spelt the same
Fragile Do Not Bend
Fragile Do Not Bend
May 2021
8:48pm, 28 May 2021
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I had to email someone at work called Kristy, unfortunately I spelled it Kirsty. I felt really bad when I realised but I bet I wasn’t the first to get it wrong.

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