Can your significant other pronounce your name right?

[u2rsobad 0]

No problem for either of us, however he had a bit of trouble with my last name when we first met as did all of my Japanese co-workers and students. Now the problem is with friends, family and co-workers here in the states with my new last name

[greeneyedgirlfl 0]

My last name is French and I can't even pronounce my name the way it's supposed to be...sounds ridiculous when I do it...so my family has Anglicised it...and he can pronounce that...

[Marilyn. 340]

my hubby can pronounce my name just fine... it sounds kind of sexy with his slight accent he has

we met online so I only saw his last name written and when we first talked on the phone I realized I had been pronouncing it wrong the whole time ..lol

Edited March 6, 2008 by MarilynP

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

he cannot pronounce my name correctly...he says 'soo-san' rather than 'soozin'...like he pronounces the 's' instead of making it sound like a 'z'...kinda of like saying 'susana' without the 'a'...its cute though

i cant tell if im pronouncing his name right, because im not albanian!

[SMOKE 1,426]

first-yes, last-no...but most people in America can't either

[john & jean 37]

First name No problem/ Last name BIG PROBLEM However 90% here in the U.S. can't

[Mina76 0]

I am finally able to say my husband's surname correctly, but still he laughs everytime I say it

[PlatyPius 5]

No one is the US can pronounce Mags' first name....

[Peggy 1]

Yeh we both can

[sparkofcreation 0]

Well it depends what you mean by "right," of course. He has a British accent and I have an American one, and of course I consider the American pronunciation of my name to be "right" and he considers the British pronunciation of his name to be "right," but other than my pronouncing "Gareth" with an American accent and him pronouncing "Bethany" with a British one, I'd say we're all right.

[Alex+R 0]

Well it depends what you mean by "right," of course. He has a British accent and I have an American one, and of course I consider the American pronunciation of my name to be "right" and he considers the British pronunciation of his name to be "right," but other than my pronouncing "Gareth" with an American accent and him pronouncing "Bethany" with a British one, I'd say we're all right.

Ha! Yeah, I can pronounce Rey's name just fine, but he only considers his own hometown accent the correct one. So people in Rio definitely mispronounce his name worse than I do.

[LuzyC 0]

No one is the US can pronounce Mags' first name....

Same with my name..it takes awhile before Gary say my name straight and still he pronounce it with a slang - Luzviminda which btw my parents get the name after of three large islands of the Philippines: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

He said I do the same with his name , instead of Ga-ree I say it and it sounds like Ghaa-ri

[franklie 0]

I prounounce my wife-to-be's first name like she would pronounce it. I struggled with the pronunciation of her first last name but after much practice I am happy to say it rolls off my tongue just fine.

She has a serious problem pronouncing my first name, a fairly common name in English, so she just calls me either ingeniero or amor depending on what her mood is at the time.

Her soon-to-be last name she can not pronounce to save her life. I should probably just change my last name to what it was in the "old country", Andersson. It would be easier for her to pronounce.

[bora bora 1]

I'm the USC and my name is Meredith. This name is very difficult for Spanish/Portuguese speakers to pronounce because of the "th" at the end.

My husband has always called me "Amor", so when he does say my name I think it's funny - and YES he does mispronounce it. It's not too bad because he's had practice - most people from Latin America say it a lot worse.

As far as his name....I know that I don't pronounce it like a Spanish/Portuguese speaker, but it's not too off (though you can tell that I'm not Brazilian when I say it). It's funny how a Colombian friend of mine says my husband's name better than I do. Most of my friends mispronounce his name, but they try so that's what is important.

I took his surname and it's not hard to pronounce for Americans.

[Jason-Sasha 1]

No problems. Her English is simply perfect.

But I'm still interested in hearing why the OP is known as "Uncle" to his SO. Kinda kinky... and would also like to know if the avatar is an actual photo of the OP. I'll feel pretty horrible laughing about it if it is. But it just reminds me of a Sly Stallone mugshot.

Edited March 9, 2008 by Jason-Sasha