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do people get your dcs name wrong...

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burgatroyd · 02/08/2014 17:22

Just that really...
Perhaps you called Dd Emmeline and everyone calls her Emily
Or DS is Josh, just Josh and people insist on calling him Joshua.
With so many preferred variations, shortenings, alternative spellings, being used I wonder if this is a common issue.
Or do you have a misinterpreted name and if so do you wish you was called something simple and straightforward like Jane.

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DearGirl · 02/08/2014 18:00

Yes Dc gets called Clara or Tara by a couple of mums on the babygroup circuit :( It is neither.

Cataline · 02/08/2014 17:58

We get this all the time. DS is Callan but he gets called Callum.
Lally I love the name Ruaridh! ( and I'd never mispronounce it!)

ThinkIveBeenHacked · 02/08/2014 17:53

Most people know DD is "just" Meg, however I work with a woman who cnstantly calls her Megan. It used to annoy me but meh....when she has a kid Ill just call it the wrong name

Lally112 · 02/08/2014 17:47

Yes, indeed it is. Now burgatroyd where are you? I'm taking you to London to help explain this next time we go

Trooperslane · 02/08/2014 17:45

Yep.

"What's his name?"

(Dd wearing something blue)

"Lara"

"Laura - lovely"

beccajoh · 02/08/2014 17:40

Yes. She's Alexa but people call her Alexia or Alexis.

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burgatroyd · 02/08/2014 17:38

notquite have you stopped correcting people?

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burgatroyd · 02/08/2014 17:34

So instead of roar it's roo?

I didn't know that.

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Notquiteinsane · 02/08/2014 17:32

Yup!! DD1 is Macy, but has started to accept that people will always repeat Maisey back to her, regardless of how much she tries to correct them!! (She's 3.5 so can't possibly know her own name...!!)

Lally112 · 02/08/2014 17:30

Yes, everyone on DH's grandparents friends call my son Rory when we visit them in London. We are from Scotland and Ruaridh is said Rooree. This does not compute no matter how many times we tell them.

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