Ex-Marine turned hotel manager orders Hispanic staff to Anglicize their names

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Could the new be really the old making us think its the new?

Dude, you just blew my mind.

[HAL 9000 96]

Could the new be really the old making us think its the new?

Dude, you just blew my mind.

These are deep thoughts AJ. It could even be the old playing the new, trying to convince us it was the old.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

My name is one syllable and not a single American can pronounce it without help.

That's because you got that funky squiggly thing on top of your i

[almaty 19]

agreed..it is so ...exotic

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

my wife calls me Mezzikan, my name is too hard for her to pronunce

what was your name, again???

[Peikko 1,575]

Will OT follow?

Or will we continue to measure our dicks and exaggerate the results?

Wait, what? Don't you normally tell us how tiny yours is? What does this tell us, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm???

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

"...and after the spanking, the oral sex".

[Nessa 23]

terrible and just wrong

[Nasturtium 500]

People always change my name, I don't know how hard it is to say "Suzy" but I'm always getting called Susan even after I correct people. I can't imagine what these guys are going through

I say my name and people repeat back the oddest things. Hardly anyone ever says it right.

"Hi, what's your name?"

(insert cringe by me because I know where this is going)

"Julianna."

"Joyce?"

"Julianna."

"Leanne?"

"Julianna."

"Oh! Jennifer!"

Otherwise they always try to shorten it or make their own name out of it. When people ask me if they can call me Julie, Julianne (which sounds totally different than my name, not even the same vowel sounds), anne, anna, whatever... I just say NO and usually just leave. A$$es.

I hate being asked how my name is pronounced. So for my own sanity I've cut it down to traditional-Amurkin-person size. Two letters.

Actually, it annoys me even more they insist on saying my name... and get this bright gleam in their eyes like they're doing something oh so exotic. Did I get it right? Puppy dog look in their faces, I can't say no. You got it! Wow!

G-d, i get that too. I have also been asked if it took me until 3rd or so grade in order to spell my name or pronounce it. ####### is up with that? Just because you, the speaker, are an idiot doesn't make me one too.

It's the one common thread that binds us all 3-syllable or greater people together.

WORD

Edited October 26, 2009 by julianna

[HAL 9000 96]

Juliana is an awesome name and should never be mispronounced. A friend's daughter is named as such. They're from Uruguay. 'Shuliana' Cool.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Juliana is an awesome name and should never be mispronounced. A friend's daughter is named as such. They're from Uruguay. 'Shuliana' Cool.

Double "n", chopbyte. FAIL

[HAL 9000 96]

Juliana is an awesome name and should never be mispronounced. A friend's daughter is named as such. They're from Uruguay. 'Shuliana' Cool.

Double "n", chopbyte. FAIL

I see how this goes.

My feelings have been severely hurt. I now feel like a whiny conservative for real.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Juliana is an awesome name and should never be mispronounced. A friend's daughter is named as such. They're from Uruguay. 'Shuliana' Cool.

Double "n", chopbyte. FAIL

I see how this goes.

My feelings have been severely hurt. I now feel like a whiny conservative for real.

OH #######... was I that mean???????????? I am sorry, sorry, sorry....

[HAL 9000 96]

I can't stop crying. Someone make the pain go away.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I can't stop crying. Someone make the pain go away.

Cookie???