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Emily2me · March 2011

EVERYONE thinks that I am saying "Nathan" when I say DS's name (Mason).

Funny story- when DH called his mom after Mason was born and told her his name, she emailed all of her family and friends saying that his name was "Nathan"

Hopefully that won't be an issue his entire life!

hannah&ben · March 2011

Ugh! Annoying! Happens to me all.the.time. Hannah = Tanya (like tan-yuh not tawn-yuh) Janna (I don't think that's even a real name) but mostly Anna.

LOL, I had a really interesting run in with a hearing impaired police officer several years ago. He got really mad at me for 'lying' about my name... I must have corrected him 10 times when finally decided my name was Tanya - then he looked at my driver's license and got all angry and yelled "Why did you lie to me about your name?" Um. Duh.

Hopefully people start getting M's name right!!!! Maybe you should get him some little custom shirts to wear with it on there so people can see it

HrH33RN · March 2011

haha Annoying! I use to work at a doctors office answering phones I would say "This is Hayley, may I help you?" People would always call me "Ava." Never made sense to me.... Hayley & Ava sound nothing alike!

hav2run · March 2011

Urrgh! Seriously. All of DH's family thought Brenna=Brianna. We have a very beautiful cross stitched blanket to show for it. We still....2.5 years later, cannot get them on board with "Brenna". Good luck. Nip it now. We tried and had a big fat fail. I swear people want to name your child for you. Nathan and Mason are not even close. Nip it. Feeling your pain.

JenRose05 · March 2011

Haha! my NATHAN gets confused too! So far he's been called Nathan, Jason, Ethan, and Mason. I feel your pain

AllieSchmallie · March 2011

Does anyone else think "Allison" sounds like "halibut"?

Anyway, people often think Jonah's name is "Jonas" and I've been asked several times if he was named after the Jonas brothers. Indifferent

brittanyandcj · March 2011

I answer the phone at work "Good afternoon (place of where I work here). Brittany speaking. How can I help you?" So far I've been called Beth, Sharon, Shannon, Bethany, Bernice, Beatrice, Bev, and probably a few more that I can't remember off the top of my head. I think I speak pretty darn clearly, so how people come up with some of these names is beyond me!

MrsMoher · March 2011

AllieSchmallie:
Does anyone else think "Allison" sounds like "halibut"?

Totally. Now I will forever think of fish when you post! LOL I have gotten really off the wall ones with my name (rhymes with so many NOT good things). Including one man who seriously though I said my name was Fester. For real, dude? I also got Stephanie once. That one was a stretch, even for me with an unusual name and several years in phone centers!

jerseygirl81 · March 2011

I get everything under the sun for mine. It gets old.

Superchicy · March 2011

MIL, FIL and SFIL all called DD "Brooks" for what seemed like forever. I got sick of correcting them. I though we'd picked a pretty basic name, guess not! I actually don't think SFIL actually remembers her name because he never calls her anything at all.

My name of course I've had Melinda, Melissa, Miranda, Marybell (yea that one came outta left field)... I know my name isn't common but you'd think with Grey's Anatomy people would finally start getting it right!

RFKD82909 · March 2011

my name is Rachel.

I get Lisa and Teresa. ALL THE TIME.

I have no idea how they do it.

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