How do you pronounce "Johann"??

[SWScorch]

Originally posted by: notfred
yo-han, as in "Luke Skywalker was trying to attract captain Solo's attention, so he shouted 'Yo, Han!'"

My last name is Karaszewski, can you pronounce that? I've met about 5 people in my life that pronounce it correctly without asking me first.

ka-ra-shev-ski?

 

[jemcam]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
PlatinumGold - your analness is asstounding.

I'm hoping that you're just saying that as flame bait, because the guy is just trying to explain his exasperation at people who refuse to be educated in how to pronounce someone else's name. It's been a problem for me as well, so I can relate, but I gave up a long time ago trying to correct people. I correct them once or twice when they mispronounce my name, and if they're too lazy to try, I don't have enough respect for them to care any more.

If you're sincere in your statement, you just fell into that category, you're too stupid or lazy to understand why someone cares how their name is pronounced.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: jemcam

Originally posted by: vi_edit
PlatinumGold - your analness is asstounding.

I'm hoping that you're just saying that as flame bait, because the guy is just trying to explain his exasperation at people who refuse to be educated in how to pronounce someone else's name. It's been a problem for me as well, so I can relate, but I gave up a long time ago trying to correct people. I correct them once or twice when they mispronounce my name, and if they're too lazy to try, I don't have enough respect for them to care any more.

If you're sincere in your statement, you just fell into that category, you're too stupid or lazy to understand why someone cares how their name is pronounced.

thank you.

i do consider myself somewhat anal, but not because of this issue.

what is wrong with wanting to have ones name pronounced correctly. a name that MOST people have heard at least once or twice in their life and one that isn't particularly difficult to pronounce. if they can't do so because of some physical disability of course i'm not going to complain.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: jemcamIf you're sincere in your statement, you just fell into that category, you're too stupid or lazy to understand why someone cares how their name is pronounced.

You need to be careful with your assumptions about people. Take me for example, I'm an American grad student surrounded by foreign students. I've asked several times how to say their names, yet I never get the answer I'm looking for. Here are my current names of confusion:
1) Nisha. She is Indian. I've heard people call her "N ish a" and I've heard " N eesh a". I've asked her personally and she won't tell me which is correct (so I assume both are incorrect and she doesn't care).
2) Viljoen. He is South African. I've heard dozens of attempts at that name. My best guess is "full yuun". I've asked him personally, several times, as have other people. We still don't know.
3) Julia. She is Russian. Of course as an American I first think of "Ju li a", but knowing she is Russian it is more likely "U li a". Some people use one and other people use the other. She won't tell us which she perfers.
4) All of the other Indian students around here. They don't even try. When asked their response is always to call them by their first syllable. For some of them I don't have a clue what their full name is (I need to sneak into their wallet to find it).

It isn't that I don't try - so I don't think I'm lazy. But most people don't want to correct me (even when asked they just say it doesn't matter). They have just given up with so many people mispronouncing their name. So I go around never knowing the proper pronunciation. Am I really stupid or lazy?

 

[jemcam]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: jemcamIf you're sincere in your statement, you just fell into that category, you're too stupid or lazy to understand why someone cares how their name is pronounced.

You need to be careful with your assumptions about people. Take me for example, I'm an American grad student surrounded by foreign students. I've asked several times how to say their names, yet I never get the answer I'm looking for. Here are my current names of confusion:
1) Nisha. She is Indian. I've heard people call her "N ish a" and I've heard " N eesh a". I've asked her personally and she won't tell me which is correct (so I assume both are incorrect and she doesn't care).
2) Viljoen. He is South African. I've heard dozens of attempts at that name. My best guess is "full yuun". I've asked him personally, several times, as have other people. We still don't know.
3) Julia. She is Russian. Of course as an American I first think of "Ju li a", but knowing she is Russian it is more likely "U li a". Some people use one and other people use the other. She won't tell us which she perfers.
4) All of the other Indian students around here. They don't even try. When asked their responce is always to call them by their first sylable. For some of them I don't have a clue what their full name is (I need to sneak into their wallet to find it).

It isn't that I don't try - so I don't think I'm lazy. But most people don't want to correct me (even when asked they just say it doesn't matter). They have just given up with so many people mispronouncing their name. So I go around never knowing the proper pronunciation. Am I really stupid or lazy?

If someone shows some interest in trying, I don't write them off. It's the ones that don't seem to care.

 

[vi edit]

If you're sincere in your statement, you just fell into that category, you're too stupid or lazy to understand why someone cares how their name is pronounced.

I'll rank it as half ass sincere. I'm sorry, but hanging up on CSR's because they don't know how to pronouce the first name of a classical composer that has been dead for almost 320 years IS rather ridiculous. I'm sure lots of people have heard of and recognize the name Tchaikovsky when it's mentioned in dialog, but how many could spell that, let alone know his first name was Piotr?

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

If you're sincere in your statement, you just fell into that category, you're too stupid or lazy to understand why someone cares how their name is pronounced.

I'll rank it as half ass sincere. I'm sorry, but hanging up on CSR's because they don't know how to pronouce the first name of a classical composer that has been dead for almost 320 years IS rather ridiculous. I'm sure lots of people have heard of and recognize the name Tchaikovsky when it's mentioned in dialog, but how many could spell that, let alone know his first name was Piotr?

well now we know for a fact that YOU are the ass, as i clearly stated in that post that i hung up on them AFTER correcting them on their pronunciation and NOT based on the fact that a classical composer lived 320 years ago.

why don't you try READING the posts before responding to them.

fine, use that excuse, but if you are a CSR and you mispronounce my name and I correct you and YOU STILL mispronounce my name, i'm going to hang up on you.

 

[SuperTool]

Yo Hun.

 

[Xenon]

Yep Yo-Hahn. The Hahn part rhymes with Khan

 

[Eli]

I said it Jo-hahn.

I know how you feel, though. I can count all the times I've had strangers pronounce my name correctly on my hands.

It's E-lie-sha, not Elicia people!!!!!!!! It doesen't even make sense to pronounce it Alicia or Elicia when you look at it for more than half a second.

 

[anno]

Originally posted by: jemcam
Per our other discussion, one advantage of having a hard to prounounce name is that you can recognize telemarketers instantly. I always tell them "If you can't pronounce my name, you're more than likely trying to sell me something, and I'm not interested" then I hang up.

heh. my name is annette. which is probably ethnically french, but is actually southern.. I'm 0% french (100% virginian unless ya wanna go back more'n 5 generations in which case eventually I'd become a muddled mess of all the british varieties, heavy on the irish with a smidge of german tossed in for.. flavor). it's pronounced ann-ette, not uh-net (yankees, I guess!), not antionette (?) and most definitely not "anita", which is how it comes out of most telemarketers mouths. don't think I'll ever figure out why.. it doesn't look anything like "anita" and it's not like that's a very common name either.. but you're right, it's a good signal to hang up.

(I do know how to say johann..)

 

[EMPshockwave82]

Joe-Hann

J/K

 

[Ness]

Originally posted by: SWScorch

Originally posted by: notfred
yo-han, as in "Luke Skywalker was trying to attract captain Solo's attention, so he shouted 'Yo, Han!'"

My last name is Karaszewski, can you pronounce that? I've met about 5 people in my life that pronounce it correctly without asking me first.

ka-ra-shev-ski?

care-uh-zoo-ski?

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: EMPshockwave82
Joe-Hann

J/K

some people do pronounce it Joe Han, Oh well.

 

[cliftonite]

Originally posted by: ness1469
Yo-Hahn.