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Help[Opinions] Re: I wish I had such a narrow view of the world.
in reply to a message by Siri
Although I know that was a dig, I kind of agree with Sabrina here. Siri, I know you have seen my surname before and to me it seems easy- it is pronounced exactly as it is spelt. My first name is Elise. Easy IMO. No one ever pronounces it correctly. Ever. And even when I correct them it is like the majority of people like their pronunciation better or something so they just keep saying it that way, even minutes after I correct them.
And people call me Elsie, Elly, Louise, Eloise, Ellen, even Elinor so often I cannot count. I work in a call centre and answer the phone "Welcome to *company* this is Elise how can I help you today?" and they usually say "Oh Louise is it (or whatever name they think it is)?" I'll correct them and say it's Elise and straight away they go "Okay my problem is Louise....etc etc"
I really think most people just don't care that much. Meanwhile, my brother's friend Caoimhe never has a mispronunciation after she corrects them the first one or two times...but I think that is because the alternative is calling her COW-M-HE and Keeva seems much easier!
And people call me Elsie, Elly, Louise, Eloise, Ellen, even Elinor so often I cannot count. I work in a call centre and answer the phone "Welcome to *company* this is Elise how can I help you today?" and they usually say "Oh Louise is it (or whatever name they think it is)?" I'll correct them and say it's Elise and straight away they go "Okay my problem is Louise....etc etc"
I really think most people just don't care that much. Meanwhile, my brother's friend Caoimhe never has a mispronunciation after she corrects them the first one or two times...but I think that is because the alternative is calling her COW-M-HE and Keeva seems much easier!
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really? [m]
Really Elise [is gorgeous by the way] isn't really hard to say? My mother's name is Marilia [Mah-rill-ee-uh] and almost everyone says it wrong, IMO it's not hard. She always get's Marie, Maria, etc. If anything I could see mar-uh-lee-uh but how do you get Marie? LOL.
I could see if a name was extremely hard to pronounce/remember but if you are repeating it over and over many times they should get it by then IMO, if they don't then I think they are just not caring [which is something that irks me].
I can't say all are ignorant [pr better word carless it seems only in certain situations like my teacher], she has my papers in front of her and was reading it before me and STILL kept saying Serena. I told her "it's Sabrina" she just looked at me and said "ok, Serena", oy.
Really Elise [is gorgeous by the way] isn't really hard to say? My mother's name is Marilia [Mah-rill-ee-uh] and almost everyone says it wrong, IMO it's not hard. She always get's Marie, Maria, etc. If anything I could see mar-uh-lee-uh but how do you get Marie? LOL.
I could see if a name was extremely hard to pronounce/remember but if you are repeating it over and over many times they should get it by then IMO, if they don't then I think they are just not caring [which is something that irks me].
I can't say all are ignorant [pr better word carless it seems only in certain situations like my teacher], she has my papers in front of her and was reading it before me and STILL kept saying Serena. I told her "it's Sabrina" she just looked at me and said "ok, Serena", oy.
This message was edited 4/10/2008, 8:25 PM
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