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Society & Culture Getting called the wrong name

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Technically I've never been rostered on at work. The roster always spells my surname incorrectly (JEFFREY is my surname, JEFFERY is what they have). Typically the request falls on deaf ears as they ask for an hour's overtime.
 

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I'm lucky, despite my mumbling, the worst I get is Jack, which I suppose isn't too bad for someone named Zach. On occasion, I get Sam. Most of the time, it's the struggle to spell my name I come across.

People have trouble with my dog's name more than mine. His name is Marv, yet somehow, everybody winds up calling him Mark. Usually I roll with it because I can't be fu**ed correcting strangers, but my grandparents, five years on, continue to call him Mark. However, I forgive them because they're old.
 
Sometimes i get to the point that i need to spell my name, and still people get it wrong.
I've now got the lady at the work canteen calling me Danny.
I've corrected in the past, now i don't bother
 
Only an issue when their first name is more of last name than their actual last name. For example Sam Mitchell's kid Smith

He named his kid Smith Mitchell? o_O
 
My mum used to do that. Several times i was even called Spud, which is my family dog name.


Same.
Except my dog is Rusty.

My mother is Chinese and apparently they don't really use gender pronouns.

So sometimes when talking to her friends my sister is called he and I am called her.

For instance "My daughter is doing well at uni. He got a high distinction"

Though this only happens when she is talking with her Chinese friends and they keep on switching between mandarin and English.
 
Same.
Except my dog is Rusty.

My mother is Chinese and apparently they don't really use gender pronouns.

So sometimes when talking to her friends my sister is called he and I am called her.

For instance "My daughter is doing well at uni. He got a high distinction"

Though this only happens when she is talking with her Chinese friends and they keep on switching between mandarin and English.

yes that is true because in chinese, the word for he/she is the same.
 

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The real issue is why people have two first names. So weird.

"Hi I'm Cameron James"
"Well which is it mate?"

Just weird...

I work with a guy who, and i shit you not, has the name 'Daniel Daniel'
 

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I worked with a guy named Richard Wod. Guess what his nickname was.
I used to knock about with the Ness, brothers, Peregrine and Anthony, P. Ness and A. Ness. Both are certain their parents were high when choosing names.
 
I work at a global company and often get the feminine version of my name, probably unwittingly, from people from Japan, China, etc.Tend to let that go through to the 'keeper.

Thing I can't handle is when my name (which is straightforward, but does have various spellings) gets spelled incorrectly in a work email, mostly by Aussies. It's not hard to see the correct spelling.

I always make a point to spell a persons name correctly in emails. I mean, it's the first act in engaging with that person, what does it say about you if you couldn't be bothered putting the small effort to get it right?
 

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