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To continue correcting people who mispronounce colleagues name

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Gialam · 06/11/2024 07:54

About 3 weeks ago a new person joined my team, she’s young this is her first real job and I can tell she’s worried about making a good impression.
She’s French-Italian, her name is Eva but pronounced Eh-vah instead of Ee-vah.
For the first few days she corrected people and most now say her name right but now 3 people continue to pronounce it wrong, one is my boss (so her bosses boss) and two are older members of our team.
I’ve been told I’m being pedantic in continuing to correct them especially as she has stopped.
AIBU to continue correcting how they say her name until the show her some respect and say it right? Or should I let it go since she has?

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crumpet · 06/11/2024 08:34

She might start to get more bothered by a big issue being made of it. See how she feels before campaigning

flipdiddle81 · 06/11/2024 08:34

have you bothered to sit down with her and ask her if she’s bothered about it and whether she’d like you to get involved?

i. think. not.

flipdiddle81 · 06/11/2024 08:33

she has been employed
she is an adult
if it bothers her enough she will raise
quite possibly she doesnt want you doing this

Fannyfiggs · 06/11/2024 08:30

I would start pronouncing their names wrong.

nosyupnorth · 06/11/2024 08:25

Take the lead from her, talk to her privately if you are worried she does want it correcting but feels she can't speak up, but don't drag her into a battle she doesn't want to fight by continuing to correct if she'd prefer letting it go.

Agix · 06/11/2024 08:01

You're not being pedantic at all. It's her name, they can't just get it wrong and insist they're doing fine. She's stopped because she's new and doesn't want to cause any kind of scene that might lose her her first job.

You could always ask her how she feels, privately. Tell her straight out that you want to keep correcting people yourself on her behalf because you feel she deserves the respect of it, and ask her if she is okay with you doing that?

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