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While baristas at Starbucks get a bad rep for misspelling people’s names—seemingly quite deliberately—it would be quite unfair to say that they are at fault here.

Some have unique names, others have common names that are spelled differently, and there are also communication barriers, like outside noise that make you mishear things.

Whatever the case, many of us have had our names butchered at some point in our lives, and in some of these cases it turned out hilarious.

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People on the Twitterscape have been sharing stories of how their names were misspelled, misheard, or flat-out ridiculed, whether accidentally or not, and the answers are sure to make you crack up, so keep on scrolling to see a curated list of some of the best stories found. Oh, and don’t forget to vote and comment!

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So, Twitter user Summer Ray (not to be confused with model Sommer Ray) asked the good people of Twitter to share stories of the grief that people’s names have given them.

She also shared a story about her own name, Sarah, saying that one might think it’s a safe enough name, but on more occasions than she can count she’s sent emails with a sign-off that had her name mischievously corrected to “Satan.”

And you bet people delivered their best responses!

Now, you would expect more out-of-the-ordinary names to be picked on. And there certainly were cases like this in Summer Ray’s thread: names like Fuchsia and Audhan were definitely out there to be ridiculed, whether deliberately or not.

But there were also regular names, like Sarah and Ross, that were quite a head-scratch as to how anyone can butcher them. Well, turns out, Stan and Rock are a thing—spellcheck and phones primarily being the culprit here.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just sign as Ross and Rachel and it will be easier for them to remember

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe she lied that English was not her first language(as we saw in other post) because you heard her using that nickname for you😅😅

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

everyone in the comments are saying queer means Gay but it generally means any of the LGBTQ+ community or if you are not sure what you are

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While the tweet received quite modest popularity, gaining just a tad bit over 2,800 likes, it still got a fair amount of responses, nearing 1,400 quoted tweets.

You can check out more responses by following this link to the original tweet, but before you go, continue scrolling and let us know if someone has butchered your name to lengths even you haven’t expected in the comment section below!

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James016
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That fact that Fuckweasle is in your phone dictionary is priceless

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jimmy pop
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Meanwhile my phone still doesn't know the word duck after the millionth time.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fun fact: The Fuchsia plant is named after German botanist Leonhart Fuchs. And it is pronounced how you think it is!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also the botanist's name means fox. I guess they deliberately try to pronounce it in an English way.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

German/Dutch are right. It's weird English speakers that get awkard and mis-pronounce it (and therefore none of them spell it right). It's like thousands of plants a surname +ia (Banksia, Knightia, Grevillia, Lambertia, Darlingia --- these all in the same family of mostly-Australian bushes). And "fuchs" = "fox" in German.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a German, I call bs on the second part. The "u" in "Fuchsia" would be pronounced somewhat like the "u" in "you", whereas the "u" in "f*ck" would be more of an "a"-like sound like in "far". Maybe there are some English dialects that pronounce "f*ck" differently?

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Umm i always pronou ce f*ck with the "u" sounding more like the "u" in "duck" like "uh" you know? I'm American, from the central region of America.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ja wij van het koningkrijk der Nederlanden+zuidnederland zeggen sorry voor het onvermogen van namen goed uit te spreken

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Signe Manat Hansen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fuchsia is an awesome name in theory but not really when you say it out loud. I would probably ask for permission to call her Fusion 😆

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How are you pronouncing it that makes it questionable? As far as I know it was pronounced "fyoo-shuh"... and I'm American. As far as I knew, the plant and the color were both pronounced this way?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We say it that way because the plant is supposed to be pronounced that way: Fuksia

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For some reason I now have the urge to buy a pet duck and name it FuckWeasle.

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Derek Clark
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry. Us Dutchies call that plant exactly how you don't want it pronounced.

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Paradise
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How does autocorrect change a real word to a fake? Maybe someone put it in the phone like that for you as a joke?

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fuchs means fox - it's pronounced with a CK in the middle and the U gets spoken like in (y)OU, just faster

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Daniel Marsh
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It;s enough to turn you green, Or red. Damn I always get fuschia and chartreuse mixed up. Which one is red?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Before sending that parcel I would have to query that in case of offending someone

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bruh my siblings name are not alike at all and our parents still mess us up XD

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel the pain! I've watched my name being tortured too many times.... vikki, Vickie,viki 🙄🙄🙄

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Chill man we also like our name but we don't write it that often😅😅

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