Can I just not pronounce my own name?

elroy · Post by **elroy** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 9:50 am

I get that too with my last name. I think only 1 or 2 persons ever got it right in my life. It's not ouwerkerk, odekerk, oderkerke, ouwekerk, odenkerk, udenkerk.. just simple, oderkerk.

Grumlen · Post by **Grumlen** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 3:17 pm

The one thats happened with my last name that I'll never understand is how people think it's Christiansen for some weird reason. It's Christian dammit. Though at that one awards ceremony I sat next to a guy named Nathan Christiansen, which is my first name as well. When they said both names my parents thought they were "correcting" themselves or something.

elroy · Post by **elroy** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 3:18 pm

So you missed out on an award just cause they couldn't spell your name eh ?

Tomahawk · Post by **Tomahawk** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 4:07 pm

Sjoerd Overbeeke... which would sound something like "shard" with the "u" from "sure" instead of the a... last name would sound something like "Overbaker" or something...

Most English speaking people I know just call me Sam.

elroy · Post by **elroy** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 6:47 pm

Sjoerd sounds kinda like tour too.

Gowerlypuff · Post by **Gowerlypuff** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:36 pm

Uberdork. There you go.

Most Brits don't have too much of a problem with Pronouncing or Spelling David Gower. They usually laugh, though, if they're over 25.

Rorschach · Post by **Rorschach** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:40 pm

[quote="Rorschach, in his big-willy styles,";p="407873"]Where has Sev gone, he's not still banned is he?[/quote]
I still want to know

BtEO · Post by **BtEO** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:22 am

I laughed a little too when I first realised that Gower, mostly thanks to "They Think it's All Over" though.

AzraeL · Post by **AzraeL** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 5:48 pm

well, my last name was jiang, until my father immigrated to britain, where they changed it to cheung, which i (born is australia) had to settle with. i'll tell you now, worst name eva. anglos have a serious problem: so much so, that there is not even an attempt at trying to pronounce, i mean whats so hard? it mostly starts with che and goes anywhere from there. the variations differ so much. im basically forced to pronounce it wrongly when introducing myself just so people wont go "what, how do you say it?" and i have no idea why...note: i have a tame aussie accent, but i dont thing that has anything to do with it.

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