Spell my name correctly, dammit!

[Gov Kodos]

Gabriella and Gabrielle are pretty names. But they’re often shortened to Gabby, which makes me think of Gabby Hayes.

lol. Yup, that's what everyone calls me.

???? How come I am quoted as saying something I never said. Can't say I have any real opinion on the name Gabrielle as I have never known anyone by that name.

Your cats have a life online they don't tell you about. I think GemHaters quoted an earlier post by Scotpens to you, but in clipping out extra stuff it looks like your name at the top. http://www.trekbbs.com/showpost.php?p=5823346&postcount=85

 

[Deckerd]

Sorry,I misunderstood, I i thought you were saying that the Tasmanian place shouldn't be pronounce like it is. I thought the original Scottish place was also Glenorchy but i now gather that you are saying that it is actually a two word place name?

Other Australians often pronounce it Glen-orchee. the New Zealand Glenorchy is pronounced the same as the Tasmanian way.

I still don't exactly understand how it is pronounced in Scotland, is ir closer to the Tasmanian or the Mainland (Australian)pronounciation?

None of the above. If you know how the word 'loch' should be pronounced then you have it. The 'y' on the end isn't stressed.
Most glen place names come from Scotland.

 

[GemHaters]

Gabriella and Gabrielle are pretty names. But they’re often shortened to Gabby, which makes me think of Gabby Hayes.

lol. Yup, that's what everyone calls me.

???? How come I am quoted as saying something I never said. Can't say I have any real opinion on the name Gabrielle as I have never known anyone by that name.

Edited to add -oh, i see you were quoting Scotpens and he had quoted me before you in his post.

lol. Sorry, I always screw up the quotes...

 

[Miss Chicken]

Sorry,I misunderstood, I i thought you were saying that the Tasmanian place shouldn't be pronounce like it is. I thought the original Scottish place was also Glenorchy but i now gather that you are saying that it is actually a two word place name?

Other Australians often pronounce it Glen-orchee. the New Zealand Glenorchy is pronounced the same as the Tasmanian way.

I still don't exactly understand how it is pronounced in Scotland, is ir closer to the Tasmanian or the Mainland (Australian)pronounciation?

None of the above. If you know how the word 'loch' should be pronounced then you have it. The 'y' on the end isn't stressed.
Most glen place names come from Scotland.

i do know how 'loch' is pronounced by Scottish people but I am finding it difficult to put that sound into Glenorchy. in fact I just can't put the 'y' sound after 'och' sound, if you know what I mean.

 

[mimic]

On the work phone chain my surname is spelled with an extra 'e' tacked on at the end. I complained about this to my track kids, and then when they signed a card at the end of the season they all added the 'e' too, to be obnoxious.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Some people assume my name is spelled "Jon", which it isn't. I just assume it's because they knew someone named Jon. No biggie.

 

[MLJames]

Thanks to my mom, I've had problems with people messing up my middle name. It's Laurence, with a "u", and every single piece of paperwork I ever had done in the Air Force with that name on it had to be retyped at least once. People always assumed it was Lawrence.

My dad had it even worse. His name was LeRoy. Over the years, he got letters addressed to LeRoy, Leroy, Lee Roy, Leeroy, L. Roy, Elroy, and the weirdest one of all, Lerpey. Where in God's name they got Lerpey from I've never been able to find out.

 

[GemHaters]

Gabriella and Gabrielle are pretty names. But they’re often shortened to Gabby, which makes me think of Gabby Hayes.

lol. Yup, that's what everyone calls me.

Gabby Hayes? By gum!

Funny, huh?

 

[iguana_tonante]

I'm Italian, so getting the right spelling of my name should not be a problem here (Italian words are pronounced exactly as they are written), but I have a compound name, so people tend to spell it as two separate names, and my last name is so uncommon that people get it wrong all the time. Oh joy.

For some reason most people spell my name Gabirella instead of Gabriella...*shrugs*

"For some reason" is your polite way to say "because they are idiots", I guess.

 

[GemHaters]

I'm Italian, so getting the right spelling of my name should not be a problem here (Italian words are pronounced exactly as they are written), but I have a compound name, so people tend to spell it as two separate names, and my last name is so uncommon that people get it wrong all the time. Oh joy.

For some reason most people spell my name Gabirella instead of Gabriella...*shrugs*

"For some reason" is your polite way to say "because they are idiots", I guess.

True.

 

[RandyS]

The only common name used in Australia that can by shortened to Randy is Randall and no Randall I have ever meet wants his name shortened because of the British/Australian slang meaning of randy.

Never met a girl call Randi.

“Randy” has the same slang meaning in America, though we Yanks don’t use it as often.

I knew a woman named Randi once. Never knew if she lived up to her name, though.

Yeah, and you know what? I've never once been offended by that slang meaning. Quite the opposite in fact. I've always considered it to be a compliment.

 

[B.J.]

^I don't think the term carries the same weight here as it does in the UK, even though the general meaning is the same.

 

[Me-Ike]

Oh wow, this thread has had quite a career since yesterday night. Lot's of people out there with issues surrounding their names. To those who have their names always mixed up, does this have any influence on whether you like your name or not?

How do you pronounce that? Is it supposed to be "MY-kuh"?

That's right.
Although, whenever I see it "pronounced" that way, I can't help but see it as my cow (kuh = cow in German). Which would also be an interesting name, right up there with Dances with Wolves.

 

[CorporalClegg]

Although, whenever I see it "pronounced" that way, I can't help but see it as my cow (kuh = cow in German). Which would also be an interesting name, right up there with Dances with Wolves.

I actually knew that. My mom's dog is named Miikka. She got tried of the vet people pronouncing it wrong (usually like your name), so once she wrote "ME-kuh" on her file folder. I was with her at the time. I laughed and said "Miikka moos."

Now everyone calls her "Miikka Moos."

 

[MacLeod]

Oh wow, this thread has had quite a career since yesterday night. Lot's of people out there with issues surrounding their names. To those who have their names always mixed up, does this have any influence on whether you like your name or not?

How do you pronounce that? Is it supposed to be "MY-kuh"?

That's right.
Although, whenever I see it "pronounced" that way, I can't help but see it as my cow (kuh = cow in German). Which would also be an interesting name, right up there with Dances with Wolves.

No not really, as the misspelling of my forename is the exception rather than the rule. As for surname very little I can do about that.

Surname = Do you want me to spell that for you?
Address = Do you want that spelling?

It's almost auto pilot threse days,.

 

[Terengo]

I know a woman with the first name "Kelley" and another with the surname "Kelly". And they both get really ticked off when you spell their name like the other one.

 

[RoJoHen]

I know a woman with the first name "Kelley" and another with the surname "Kelly". And they both get really ticked off when you spell their name like the other one.

I also know this combination of people. We call one of them "Kelly" and the other one "E.Y."

 

[Kestra]

I get crazy variations on spelling and pronouncing my name and for the most part I don't care. I do get a little irritated when people spell it Rahkee even though it says Rakhee right in front of them. It's especially annoying when there are people who have only ever seen it written and still get it wrong.

I'm used to it though, and I love my name and wouldn't trade it for any other in the world.

I do slightly regret not changing my last name to Skeletor as my husband suggested when we got married.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Rakhee? That is a very nice name. In no way is the following joke intended badly:

Is your husband's name Adrian?

 

[GemHaters]

Rakhee? That is a very nice name. In no way is the following joke intended badly:

Is your husband's name Adrian?