My name

I have a very unusual name, and I don't know anyone else who has it. My family calls me by the nickname "Thanesh," which sounds weird, so whenever I introduce my name to anybody, I just go by my actual name. Because of this, my name is mispronounced all the time. A key example of this is at the beginning of the school year, when your teachers take attendance and learn everyone's name for the first time. My name gets mispronounced almost always, and I always have to correct them with the right pronunciation. This is something that I've gotten used to over time, and I'm always prepared to correct anyone who mispronounces it, and it doesn't really bother me. This experience is similar to Dumas' piece, but once people get the pronunciation right, they don't mess up afterwards. But one time I don't feel the need to correct the pronunciation of my name is when I have a substitute teacher. These substitute teachers pronounce it in the most atrocious ways possible, but I don't correct them because they're just going to be here temporarily, and I don't think they care either. A problem that has occurred with my name is that it's too long, and people don't want to type or say all of that. So my friends created a nickname themselves, and they call me "Thanny." I don't like this nickname, and I would want them not to call me that, but it's not like they respect my decision, and I've been called "Thanny" for a long time, and I've gotten used to it at this point. My name is an Indian name, and even Indians can't pronounce my name properly because of how rare it is, and they've never heard it before either. Even if my name is a regional name, people from that same region have trouble pronouncing it too. 

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  1. Arnav ChittiproluMarch 10, 2024 at 11:53 AM

    I too have the same problem as you. Even though my first name is easy to say, my last name is hard to pronounce so people usually butcher up my last name in the worst way possible. Overall, I liked how explained how you face many difficulties from this as there are many others, including me, who go through this issue.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 12, 2024 at 3:58 AM

    I like you explained your names being mispronounced, even by your culture. I also like you connected this to Dumas’s claim. I also like your mentioned you nickname that you don’t like but your friends still cal you because it’s easy.

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