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well if you had to pronounce without listening to the proper pronounciation, you wouldn't be able to do so, but you would be able to pronounce correctly if you listened to it, unless, of course, you have some hearing problem or some learning disorder.

maybe this will work and see this is correct.:

like net

use the nasal saond a little bit.

ne - sssa

"a" as in another.

does that sound better or am I completly wrong? :unsure:

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Great thread Nessa! I saw it and started laughing! It reminded me of all the times that I had to repeat my name and pronounce it in the states but I gave up 8 years ago, my first time there.....it drove me nuts!

What's your name? MIRLA....(with the original pronunciation, pronouncing the 'R')

What's that? Once again! This time with the "american R sound"... Oh!!! Merla!!! Mierla! (sometimes it ended up sounding like "mierda") Haha! Nooooooo! Uhmmm...alright, spell it for me!!! And I was like....you know what, just call me Mimi...(my nickname)

Same thing happen with my fiance, he still calls me Mimi...haha! :blush:

Americans can't pronounce the R like we do...but even with their accent, some people make it sound quite good...most of them don't.....but not with the original pronounciation you know.....

I don't care anymore, thank God I have a nickname...hahaha!

"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions." Albert Einstein.

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11/09/07 --- RFE sent back to VSC

12/06/07 --- Waited enough time to RESEND our RFE

12/07/07 --- RFE received at VSC and signed by Novak....

12/10/07 --- Case received and resumed

12/11/07 --- Touched

12/12/07 --- Touched

12/13/07 --- Touched

12/14/07 --- Touched

01/02/08 --- Touched

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01/11/08 --- Got NOA2 on the mail

01/12/08 --- Got NVC letter on the mail

01/17/08 --- Got packet 3

01/28/08 --- Medical

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02/10/08 --- Off to NY!!!!

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some people seem to have really problems saying my name and or spelling it... :unsure:

Marylin is a common mistake... :unsure:

I always have to think twice before spelling marilyn, because first thing that comes to my mind is MARY and then lin :P



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some people seem to have really problems saying my name and or spelling it... :unsure:

Marylin is a common mistake... :unsure:

I always have to think twice before spelling marilyn, because first thing that comes to my mind is MARY and then lin :P

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it isn't even pronounced like that, so I don't know why people mess it up :blink::P

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Ahh, ya doesn't has to call me Johnson!

You can call me Ray or you can call me Jay,

or you can call me Johnny or you can call me Sonny,

or you can call me RayJay, or you can call me RJ...

but ya doesn't hafta call me Johnson

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some people seem to have really problems saying my name and or spelling it... :unsure:

Marylin is a common mistake... :unsure:

Hahaha! Poor Marylin!!!

A couple weeks after I met my fiance, I saw his phone book and went straight to letter M....hahaha! I wanted to know if my name was there and how we wrote it....so funny!!!

It was like this....hahaha!

Mierla....(914)xxx I couldn't resist but laughing and he was next to me! I said!!!! This is not how you write my NAME!!!! :angry: And he was like, really??? And second by second I could see how his face was turning red, :lol: He was very embarrassed and asked me how to spell his last name! :lol: I did perfect :D:dance: He told me to write down my name next to the wrong one....hahaha!

"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions." Albert Einstein.

05/09/07 --- NOA1

05/15/07 --- Touched

10/24/07 --- Case assigned!

10/31/07 --- Touched

11/01/07 --- RFE

11/02/07 --- Touched

11/05/07 --- Got RFE on the mail

11/09/07 --- RFE sent back to VSC

12/06/07 --- Waited enough time to RESEND our RFE

12/07/07 --- RFE received at VSC and signed by Novak....

12/10/07 --- Case received and resumed

12/11/07 --- Touched

12/12/07 --- Touched

12/13/07 --- Touched

12/14/07 --- Touched

01/02/08 --- Touched

01/02/08 --- APPROVED!!!!!!

01/11/08 --- Got NOA2 on the mail

01/12/08 --- Got NVC letter on the mail

01/17/08 --- Got packet 3

01/28/08 --- Medical

02/05/08 --- INTERVIEW!!!!

02/10/08 --- Off to NY!!!!

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Just dont call me late for supper :P

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The drama begins - again!

And now the drama ends - they took the Green card . . .

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Just dont call me late for supper :P

Hahahaha! :lol:

"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions." Albert Einstein.

05/09/07 --- NOA1

05/15/07 --- Touched

10/24/07 --- Case assigned!

10/31/07 --- Touched

11/01/07 --- RFE

11/02/07 --- Touched

11/05/07 --- Got RFE on the mail

11/09/07 --- RFE sent back to VSC

12/06/07 --- Waited enough time to RESEND our RFE

12/07/07 --- RFE received at VSC and signed by Novak....

12/10/07 --- Case received and resumed

12/11/07 --- Touched

12/12/07 --- Touched

12/13/07 --- Touched

12/14/07 --- Touched

01/02/08 --- Touched

01/02/08 --- APPROVED!!!!!!

01/11/08 --- Got NOA2 on the mail

01/12/08 --- Got NVC letter on the mail

01/17/08 --- Got packet 3

01/28/08 --- Medical

02/05/08 --- INTERVIEW!!!!

02/10/08 --- Off to NY!!!!

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My name is Venkateshwaraparathasarathyvellupillai Ramanathanashivaprasad Aiyerpillai.

Americans have no trouble at all saying my name.

Wow,and I thought my name was unique.You got me beat by a mile. :unsure:

May 7,2007-USCIS received I-129f
July 24,2007-NOA1 was received
April 21,2008-K-1 visa denied.
June 3,2008-waiver filed at US Consalate in Panama
The interview went well,they told him it will take another 6 months for them to adjudicate the waiver
March 3,2009-US Consulate claims they have no record of our December visit,nor Manuel's interview
March 27,2009-Manuel returned to the consulate for another interrogation(because they forgot about December's interview),and they were really rude !
April 3,2009-US Counsalate asks for more court documents that no longer exist !
June 1,2009-Manuel and I go back to the US consalate AGAIN to give them a letter from the court in Colon along with documents I already gave them last year.I was surprised to see they had two thick files for his case !


June 15,2010-They called Manuel in to take his fingerprints again,still no decision on his case!
June 22,2010-WAIVER APPROVED at 5:00pm
July 19,2010-VISA IN MANUELITO'S HAND at 3:15pm!
July 25,2010-Manuelito arrives at 9:35pm at Logan Intn'l Airport,Boston,MA
August 5,2010-FINALLY MARRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 23,2010-Filed for AOS at the International Institute of RI $1400!
December 23,2010-Work authorization received.
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nay-sah might be a better comparison...

the E in nessa is like the E in get

:lol: I will start calling her nissan

no no no no no, it do NOT sound like ''mess'', the e in mess is like eh and it is not like my name is pronounced, its nêssa, not néssa

neigh like a horse? :lol: I'm sticking with nissan

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Great thread Nessa! I saw it and started laughing! It reminded me of all the times that I had to repeat my name and pronounce it in the states but I gave up 8 years ago, my first time there.....it drove me nuts!

What's your name? MIRLA....(with the original pronunciation, pronouncing the 'R')

What's that? Once again! This time with the "american R sound"... Oh!!! Merla!!! Mierla! (sometimes it ended up sounding like "mierda") Haha! Nooooooo! Uhmmm...alright, spell it for me!!! And I was like....you know what, just call me Mimi...(my nickname)

Same thing happen with my fiance, he still calls me Mimi...haha! :blush:

Americans can't pronounce the R like we do...but even with their accent, some people make it sound quite good...most of them don't.....but not with the original pronounciation you know.....

I don't care anymore, thank God I have a nickname...hahaha!

Me too,thank God for Lani.

May 7,2007-USCIS received I-129f
July 24,2007-NOA1 was received
April 21,2008-K-1 visa denied.
June 3,2008-waiver filed at US Consalate in Panama
The interview went well,they told him it will take another 6 months for them to adjudicate the waiver
March 3,2009-US Consulate claims they have no record of our December visit,nor Manuel's interview
March 27,2009-Manuel returned to the consulate for another interrogation(because they forgot about December's interview),and they were really rude !
April 3,2009-US Counsalate asks for more court documents that no longer exist !
June 1,2009-Manuel and I go back to the US consalate AGAIN to give them a letter from the court in Colon along with documents I already gave them last year.I was surprised to see they had two thick files for his case !


June 15,2010-They called Manuel in to take his fingerprints again,still no decision on his case!
June 22,2010-WAIVER APPROVED at 5:00pm
July 19,2010-VISA IN MANUELITO'S HAND at 3:15pm!
July 25,2010-Manuelito arrives at 9:35pm at Logan Intn'l Airport,Boston,MA
August 5,2010-FINALLY MARRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 23,2010-Filed for AOS at the International Institute of RI $1400!
December 23,2010-Work authorization received.
January 12,2011-RFE

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My boyfriend goes by a nickname that is pretty easy to pronounce, but all of my American friends want to chop off the "a" at the end.

My last name ends in "ow" and everybody in Russia says it like "of" when it rhymes with "oh."

My mom has a Russian name but she goes exclusively by the American pronounciation because Americans just can't say it correctly. Russian Rs are too hard. :P

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Ahh, ya doesn't has to call me Johnson!

You can call me Ray or you can call me Jay,

or you can call me Johnny or you can call me Sonny,

or you can call me RayJay, or you can call me RJ...

but ya doesn't hafta call me Johnson

Bill Saluga

I haven't heard that one since I was a kid.That used to be on a Miller Light commercial in the 70's.

May 7,2007-USCIS received I-129f
July 24,2007-NOA1 was received
April 21,2008-K-1 visa denied.
June 3,2008-waiver filed at US Consalate in Panama
The interview went well,they told him it will take another 6 months for them to adjudicate the waiver
March 3,2009-US Consulate claims they have no record of our December visit,nor Manuel's interview
March 27,2009-Manuel returned to the consulate for another interrogation(because they forgot about December's interview),and they were really rude !
April 3,2009-US Counsalate asks for more court documents that no longer exist !
June 1,2009-Manuel and I go back to the US consalate AGAIN to give them a letter from the court in Colon along with documents I already gave them last year.I was surprised to see they had two thick files for his case !


June 15,2010-They called Manuel in to take his fingerprints again,still no decision on his case!
June 22,2010-WAIVER APPROVED at 5:00pm
July 19,2010-VISA IN MANUELITO'S HAND at 3:15pm!
July 25,2010-Manuelito arrives at 9:35pm at Logan Intn'l Airport,Boston,MA
August 5,2010-FINALLY MARRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 23,2010-Filed for AOS at the International Institute of RI $1400!
December 23,2010-Work authorization received.
January 12,2011-RFE

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My name is Venkateshwaraparathasarathyvellupillai Ramanathanashivaprasad Aiyerpillai.

Americans have no trouble at all saying my name.

Wow,and I thought my name was unique.You got me beat by a mile. :unsure:

and that's why we shortened it to "vertically challenged" :P

nay-sah might be a better comparison...

the E in nessa is like the E in get

:lol: I will start calling her nissan

no no no no no, it do NOT sound like ''mess'', the e in mess is like eh and it is not like my name is pronounced, its nêssa, not néssa

neigh like a horse? :lol: I'm sticking with nissan

is it any wonder i just call her wifey? :D

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