Vot is your name

[vernon]

Shouldn't that read current-ly it's ok?!

Watt was that?

 

[Paulus]

Not me, but MrsP. Her maiden name was Dunnett. She was quite glad to change it to plain old Robinson.

 

[SquareDaff]

Ringrose - hence the SquareDaff nickname after a teacher at school substituted "Square" for "Ring" and "Daff"odil for "Rose" and it stuck!!

Only other problem I have is with people mistaking it for Ring Road - which can get irritating!!

 

[swampyseifer]

Shouldn't that read current-ly it's ok?!

I see what you did there!

 

[mr_hippo]

...you would be amazed how often I *STILL* get people who see me eating an apple and make a wisecrack...each person tells me this joke like they think theyre the first person in history to ever make the connection

Robin Hood was popular on thr TV in my childhood and with my surname - Friar - I was the butt of many jokes and still get them today! I normally act surprised and say "that's the first time I've heard it [long pause] today"

 

[MontyVeda]

Mine's Tymon... and people so often pronounce it Timmon... If it was Tyson, would they pronounce it Tisson? Would they feck! Use your brain morons!!!!

 

[Melonfish]

Lovatt, which is forever spelt lovet or lovett and when i say it people repeat it back as roberts ?
even better people seem to be unsure of pronunciation and so say "love-@"
meh.

 

[Spinney]

First name.
When I was a kid, I thought those grazing animals that roam the african plains were called ant-ell-oh-pee's (cos they're spelt in a similar fashion to Penelope).

But this also explains why many people think my name is Penny-lope

 

[citybabe]

Zantini

People always presume it starts with an S

 

[mr_hippo]

I wish to pay tribute here to my several times Great Uncle Jerimiah; throughout his long life, he had been skitted and mocked because of his surname. For the origins of his surmane, we will have to go back to the time of King Henry II. He was entertained by a jester called Jerimiah and the King said `You are funny but very odd. I shall call thee Odd``.
Every first born male was named Jerimiah Odd. My several times Great Uncle Jerimiah was the last of the line, never married and had no heirs. Friends wanted hin to change his name but jerimiah refused because the King had given the family name aqnd as he was the last of the linr no-one else would skit him. In his will, he stated that he wanted to be buried in a quiet corner of the church tard with a plain black marble stone with no writing on it - he did not want people to mock him in death
The last time I visited his grave two ladies passed by, stopped and one pointed and said There`s no name on this one` anf the other one said ''Thats odd!

 

[Holdsworth]

McCallister, people are always either missing out the capital "C" and/or placing a space between "c" and "a". I tend to pronounce it without the big "c", which may be where confusion comes in, but I try now to put emphasis on the second "c" to hopefully stem that.

 

[gbb]

Whittock.....
Its gagging for it isnt it ?

Whitcock, Whitecock, Bigcock, Littlecock...i thought i'd heard them all until a colleague called 'Buttock' across the workshop some years ago
I never mind, take it in the vein its meant...i was always called 'Buttocks' after that....
'hey buttocks, where's the blah blah ?'

Even a simple christian name like Colin get messed up, ive had parcels with Collin, Calum, Colon...in Uruguay i even got called Lenon at the hotel...work that one out !!!

 

[sunnyjim]

Middle name Cockburn. I suppose people who call themselves Coburn go fed up of it being mispronounced.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Collins is pretty safe. Only ever been remarked upon in certain parts of Ireland. Double barrelled first name got me a few thumpings in 60's Crawley though.

 

[Night Train]

I grew up with my first name being very dated and more suited to a man in his 80's then a boy in his preteen years.
Now, it seems, every kid and his dog uses my name!