jonasjuice 0 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Someone should invent an app that you simply input a name and it tells you how to pronounce it correctly. Hate having to ring somewhere and take a punt at an unusual name for the first time, it's a fast route to making them uncomfortable and you sounding like a thick(er) Jim Davidsonite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 48 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I wouldn't worry about it. I answer my work mobile saying "Afternoon Darrel speaking" (if its afternoon like) and the usual thing I hear is "hello is that Darrel?". Next up is when someone says "yeah fine thanks" automatically even when you didn't ask how they were. In other words, no fucker listens anyway. On that, I had to ring a bloke yesterday and the spelling is "Rajes". I was thinking for ages how to pronounce it (he is a solicitor) and in the end opted for the mumble route where in fade out. After I called I heard the receptionist shout "Raj". Fucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14243 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 That's because Irish is specifically designed to FUCK PEOPLE OFF. "Bodhran" my arse. (That's not a request.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 31370 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Thought this would be about the old bar in town with the Wilf Lunn shit on the walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 My surname gets mispronounced all the time even though it's easy as fuck, there's only 5 letters in it for fucks sake. Anyway, the rule is simple, if you ring me on a sales call whether at home or at work and you mispronounce the surname then it's game ower. You could be chucking in a free night with the Garrameister as part of the deal and you can still fuck off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 15106 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I used to love when english companies would ring my first job about invoices "errrr can i speak to See-oo-ban?" (Siobhán) "is may-bah around?" (maebh) "ehhh roo ira?" (Ruairi) never mind the surnames Aren't you lot taught Gaelic at primary school? Same with the Welsh I think...you do have a sort of head start on us Anglo Saxons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 31370 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Gaelic spellings / pronunciations just take the piss though, don't they? There's a whisky from Tobermory called Ledaig and it's pronounced 'Lay-chig'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 15106 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Welsh and Gaelic, for the vast majority of their histories were only spoken, not written down. When ( the almost always English) people started to do so in the 17/1800's I think they took the oppurtunity to just take the fuckin piss with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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