Poll: Do telemarketers routinely mispronounce your name?

[notfred]

My name is always mispronounced by everyone.

 

[nageov3t]

can't remember the last time I was called by a telemarketer.

 

[chrisms]

I hate when the people at Safeway try to pronounce my last name.. just give me my damn condoms and beer and lemmie be on my way

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: chrisms
I hate when the people at Safeway try to pronounce my last name.. just give me my damn condoms and beer and lemmie be on my way

I agree completely.

"Thank you Mr. Kar... uh... swez.. ki"

If you can't pronounce it, "Thank you sir" is just fine.

 

[MAME]

my roommate's, yes

His name is Ian. How the fvck to you mess that up?

 

[BurnItDwn]

Did someone forget to sign up for the national do not call list?

 

[blakeatwork]

No, but it's frequently mispelled on correspondence..

because Cousins is such a difficult word...

 

[sixone]

Originally posted by: notfred
My name is always mispronounced by everyone.

That's because it's not Fred.


MAME: I had a co-worker whose son was named Ian. She pronounced it EYE-an. Go figure...

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: sixone

Originally posted by: notfred
My name is always mispronounced by everyone.

That's because it's not Fred.

It actually is Fred. He's just in denial.

 

[blackdogdeek]

yes.

telemarketers usually get to the second syllable then just stop.

 

[cjgallen]

Yes :|

 

[Hammer]

yes

 

[Heisenberg]

Everybody mispronounces my name. And misspells it for that matter.

 

[TitanDiddly]

Yes. Funnell is Fuh-nell, not Funnel.

 

[farmercal]

I don't talk or listen to telemarketers, I just hang up if they won't shut up. I don't have time to waste talking to someone I didn't ask to call me.

 

[elektrolokomotive]

all the time.

 

[MAME]

Originally posted by: sixone

Originally posted by: notfred
My name is always mispronounced by everyone.

That's because it's not Fred.


MAME: I had a co-worker whose son was named Ian. She pronounced it EYE-an. Go figure...

eye-an isn't even a name, it's a body part and a word the precedes vowels and unpronounced h's :|

 

[K1052]

50% of the time for the first name
97% of the time for the last name

 

[Jzero]

Kah-ruh-sheh-ski...?

I don't think I've ever had anyone mispronounce my real name

 

[FoBoT]

why would i talk to a telemarketer?

i don't answer the phone

 

[PrinceofWands]

My last name, Guttormsen, is hard enough to pronounce...but then when they hear a male voice and see the first name Kristin, they get very confused. I would guess someone who doesn't know me gets them both right maybe 1% of the time. ..if that.

 

[frodrick]

<office space>
Samir: No one in this country can ever pronounce my name right. It's not that hard: Samir Na-gheen-an-a-jar. Nagheenanajar.
Michael Bolton: Yeah, well at least your name isn't Michael Bolton.
Samir: You know there's nothing wrong with that name.
Michael Bolton: There was nothing wrong with it... until I was about 12 years old and that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys.
Samir: Hmm... well why don't you just go by Mike instead of Michael?
Michael Bolton: No way. Why should I change? He's the one who sucks.
</office space>

 

[Abe Froman]

Originally posted by: frodrick
<office space>
Samir: No one in this country can ever pronounce my name right. It's not that hard: Samir Na-gheen-an-a-jar. Nagheenanajar.
Michael Bolton: Yeah, well at least your name isn't Michael Bolton.
Samir: You know there's nothing wrong with that name.
Michael Bolton: There was nothing wrong with it... until I was about 12 years old and that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys.
Samir: Hmm... well why don't you just go by Mike instead of Michael?
Michael Bolton: No way. Why should I change? He's the one who sucks.
</office space>

Samir...Nag..Naga....Nagonnaworkhereanymore

 

[Colt45]

I think I've met one person that wasnt from central / east europe and said it right the first time.

 

[Mo0o]

Telemarketers are quite possibly the dumbest humans on earth.