People with fake names..

[Femme_Fatale]

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@Roman

I tell ya, it’s a nuisance though. My name gets butchered a alot but good thing is that in sounds cute spoken by women so I don’t mind much

There are couple of people who just kill it which really pisses me off. I’ve corrected them couple of times, and they have heard other people calling my name so they ‘know’ what the correct pronounciation but somehow they are not able to.

But I can say your name flawlessly Romeo

[Roman]

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^ Femme, sirf issi baat par to meiN aaj tak apna naam badlnay ka socha tak nahi.

[funguy]

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Desis are horrendous at spelling their name correctly. Let's take for example Faisal, as it is being discussed in this thread. If one was to replicate the Urdu pronounciation, it should be spelt as Fasel. If we spell it as Fai-sal, then the correct English pronounciation for such order of letters is Faa-aye-zel.

So, I think we are to blame a little for the confusion too.

[funguy]

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Femmee-da, kaisi hau?

[Femme_Fatale]

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Theek hoon lafungoo. Tum sunao. Long time no see!

[Sadiyah]

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There's nothing more dififcult than pronouncing Tamil names. Both the first and last names are 10-15 letters long. You just don't know how to pronounce it. It takes you forever to learn to pronounce it.

Actually typing up/writing Tamil names is far more difficult than pronouncing.

Here's Sri Lanka's fast bowler's full-name: Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas

[Agent_Smith]

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@Faisal

For example, “Faisal” is not a difficult name to pronounce, in my opinion, but many goras insists on replacing ‘s’ with ‘z’ and pronounce it with all separate syllables, like Faa-ee-zaal. Sometimes I let it go, but if I figure I’d be dealing with the person for a period of time, I do correct them, and they invariably appreciate the correct pronounciation.

Daikha, I told you the same thing a while back that American people pronounce your name as faezal but you denied it. Ab khud hi keh rahey ho.

[Rukhsarbibi]

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I know of quite a few people. A guy name Altaf goes by Al. A guy named Asif goes by Steve (how did that happen I don't know!)
Now that a lot of customer service industry has moved to India, we usually get people with an Indian accent saying their name is Brad or John or something along those lines.

[queer]

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yeah, i got this telemarketer call with a hardcore bumbaiyya accent - haiii this is beti cooper caaling from bank of...

[hiccup]

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@queer

yeah, i got this telemarketer call with a hardcore bumbaiyya accent - haiii this is beti cooper caaling from bank of…

What did you say?

Youmahhomieeeeeeeee thankyouplease

[queer]

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i was the usual - Hullo vaat u say byeee

[hiccup]

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@queer

i was the usual - Hullo vaat u say byeee

hahahahaha

[AvgAmericanGirl]

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@Faisal

No, it actually rhymes with “vessel”.

Thanks Now I know correct pronounciation…

Problem is..when seeing Faisal …

A long time been thinking Fay-zell …

Have to make effort to remind myself that correct pronounciation is Fessel.

If I were personally introduced would easily remember.

When not familiar with foreign languages…Sometimes hard to remember that the written characters are sometimes similar-looking to ones own..but the pronounciation is different…

Example would be the umalauts and essets in the German language.

Take written Polish..compared with written english a cursive-looking L is usually actually an S…

[JosephMcCarthy]

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Over the weekend I met three three seekhs.....apty named, Robin, Rocky and Sunny Singhs.....

[MARSHAD]

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in 1975 lot of classfellows working at same factory in USA, an afro american supervisor could not pronounce ASHFAQUE! now u could imagine how he used to call one of us.
ANY WAY WHY MADHANEE IS SO NEGATIVE ABOUT EVERY THING IN THIS FORUM! WITH LOT OF INFERIOR COMPLEXION OF HERSELF OR HIMSELF?

[MARSHAD]

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How About Bangladeshi Accent! If They Would Have To Say "i Work For Citi Hospital Or I Work For Citi Bank"!