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

I've spent about 10% of my time speaking to people trying to help them pronounce my name

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

And another 2% replying that no, you're not related to that Eleanor.

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

You could change your last name to Reason. Then you'd be Rhymer Reason.

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

I actually gave my 2 children 3 names each, specifically, so they had choices. Mine was so bland & common, I wanted them to enjoy their name!

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

My son's first name is Jessee James. He had a middle name and a last name. My name is Aimee. It's been hell for both of us

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

Why would you name your son that? Did you not know of the infamous US criminal?

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

I guess it could be worse...you could have been named Eleanor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuS5NuXRb5Y)

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

It is my name . just the same , don't be lame with your doubting game

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M. L. Dew
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please tell me you own a Weimaraner. Imagine being at the dog park.. who owns that beautiful gray dog? That's Rhymer Rigby's Weimaraner, Wrigley. Say that ten times fast. :)

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

I like it. Has a nice resonance. Please tell me there’s also someone named Eleanor in your family. (Edit: yep, shoulda guessed that’s been done before, a million times. Sorry.)

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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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