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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!
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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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PrincessTheSiameseKat 4 years ago
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
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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Billy The Kid 4 years ago
Before sending that parcel I would have to query that in case of offending someone
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RandomBeing 4 years ago
Bruh my siblings name are not alike at all and our parents still mess us up XD
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Billy The Kid 4 years ago
Maybe because it is more common for the name Adam to be the surname and Leslie as the first?
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Billy The Kid 4 years ago
I know that it is not up there but the Fentons sound familiar to me.
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ChascatmoK X 4 years ago
Last name KENTY. I learned from my mom to always say it then spell it. K-E-N-T-Y. Phone rep couldn't understand that after several repetitions. I said "Like Clark Kent with a Y" The package came addressed to Ms. Clarky.
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)
I had a neighbour that knew me from birth and every year Christmas and my birthday, she would always give me a card and sometimes a gift. Anyway every year she would spell my name wrong but not the same way every year. She did a mix between 4 variations over the years and not one of them is the correct spelling lol. Honestly my name is super simple. It's not odd, spelt weird etc. Anyway it was a good giggle, every year trying to guess if she got it right, she would even wait in anticipation. One year, and I mean ONE year she got it right. She was so happy Lol. I didn't care that she got my name wrong. Just thought it was funny.
N G 4 years ago
Because I don't usually go by Nicola, I get every variation of the diminutive version going. My favourite was from a peer of my boss on an office birthday card. His version? Nickkiey. It was all the possible letters and I just had to cross out the ones that didn't apply!
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Jo Choto 4 years ago
Wish people would think about what it's going to be like for a child growing up with a name that is extremely unusual, or else the spelling is totally illogical. Nobody, absolutely nobody, wants to spend their life having five minutes of every first conversation trying to explain their own name.
Liam Walsh 4 years ago
My sister always had to spell out her name as it was an unusual variation so was determined not to call her son by anything he would have to spell out all the time. She picked Steven... He constantly has to say 'no, not PH (for Stephen) but V'. It does get tedious.
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Marina Muller 4 years ago
My last name initials are FM, so my social handles were always marinafm. Turns out there is a radio next to a marina in kwait named... marinafm. They bought my social handles for twitter and Instagram! Bought myself an iPad!
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)
I had a neighbour that knew me from birth and every year Christmas and my birthday, she would always give me a card and sometimes a gift. Anyway every year she would spell my name wrong but not the same way every year. She did a mix between 4 variations over the years and not one of them is the correct spelling lol. Honestly my name is super simple. It's not odd, spelt weird etc. Anyway it was a good giggle, every year trying to guess if she got it right, she would even wait in anticipation. One year, and I mean ONE year she got it right. She was so happy Lol. I didn't care that she got my name wrong. Just thought it was funny.
N G 4 years ago
Because I don't usually go by Nicola, I get every variation of the diminutive version going. My favourite was from a peer of my boss on an office birthday card. His version? Nickkiey. It was all the possible letters and I just had to cross out the ones that didn't apply!
Load More Replies... Jo Choto 4 years ago
Wish people would think about what it's going to be like for a child growing up with a name that is extremely unusual, or else the spelling is totally illogical. Nobody, absolutely nobody, wants to spend their life having five minutes of every first conversation trying to explain their own name.
Liam Walsh 4 years ago
My sister always had to spell out her name as it was an unusual variation so was determined not to call her son by anything he would have to spell out all the time. She picked Steven... He constantly has to say 'no, not PH (for Stephen) but V'. It does get tedious.
Load More Replies... Marina Muller 4 years ago
My last name initials are FM, so my social handles were always marinafm. Turns out there is a radio next to a marina in kwait named... marinafm. They bought my social handles for twitter and Instagram! Bought myself an iPad!
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