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From a quick glance how would you have pronounced my name?

65 replies

TValwaysleftonpause · 29/08/2022 21:57

Kristina

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JetBlackSteed · 29/08/2022 21:58

Chris Tina

JudgeRindersMinder · 29/08/2022 21:58

Kristeena?

Georgeskitchen · 29/08/2022 21:59

Kris-teenah

Hotandbothereds · 29/08/2022 21:59

Chris Tina

Tinkerblonde1 · 29/08/2022 21:59

Chris teen a

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 29/08/2022 22:00

I agree Chris-tina. (Auto correct, however, thinks it should be Chris-tuna. Hmm)

SenecaFallsRedux · 29/08/2022 22:05

Georgeskitchen · 29/08/2022 21:59

Kris-teenah

Like this, but I would voice the "s" more with the "tee" sound, so Kri-steena. (I'm American if it is relevant.) Pretty name, by the way.

TValwaysleftonpause · 29/08/2022 22:05

My whole life I’ve been called Katrina, Catherine, Christine.

it’s infuriating as it’s not hard to pronounce. It’s two separate easy words.

I corrected someone on the phone the other day and they still text me calling me Christine.

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TValwaysleftonpause · 29/08/2022 22:06

SenecaFallsRedux · 29/08/2022 22:05

Like this, but I would voice the "s" more with the "tee" sound, so Kri-steena. (I'm American if it is relevant.) Pretty name, by the way.

I’ve always hated it, but thank you for saying that.

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dudsville · 29/08/2022 22:08

My childhood best friend was a Kristina. It's a lovely name. Weird that anyone gets it wrong!

Tinkerblonde1 · 29/08/2022 22:08

I think people are just too lazy to read properly sometimes and scan it and ignore the a.
I always have an s added to my surname for no reason at all.

PuttingDownRoots · 29/08/2022 22:11

Chris-teen-a.

I agree its misreading rather than mispronoucing though.... My name is one that has an 'a' ending option, which I always get rather than my actual name (Anna instead of Anne for example)

LimboLass · 29/08/2022 22:12

I
Am
Job

SharpLily · 29/08/2022 22:16

I think some people do it on purpose for their own strange reasons.

My mother does with people or situations that make her feel insecure. Her cousin always made her feel less than and insignificant for example, so she always pronounces said cousin's daughter's name wrong. I don't think she's even aware she's doing it. I don't even think it's malice of any kind, just a subconscious way of feeling she's getting one over on someone. Pathetic but it happens. As another example, family friends moved to Indonesia. The wife tended to make my mother feel insecure (not the woman's fault, she did nothing wrong, it was all about my mother's insecurities), so she always talked about them being in Thailand. She's a intelligent woman who has travelled. She knows Thailand and Indonesia are completely different countries. I would correct her every time but she just kept doing it. It never happens with people she seems relaxed about.

So anyway, that was a bit of a long winded way of saying I think it's more about them and nothing to do with your name or you.

TValwaysleftonpause · 29/08/2022 22:22

I have a family member (through marriage) that has known me 14 years and she started calling me Christine. I let it go as I rarely saw her (2/3 times a year). Until one time I said, that’s not my name and she was very embarrassed. Maybe it was an insecurity thing though?

A teacher I had at college used to call me Katrina, he would ask me a question and spend about 30 seconds thinking of my name and then getting it wrong. Despite me and other classmates correcting him every single time.

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londonlass71 · 29/08/2022 22:23

TValwaysleftonpause · 29/08/2022 22:05

My whole life I’ve been called Katrina, Catherine, Christine.

it’s infuriating as it’s not hard to pronounce. It’s two separate easy words.

I corrected someone on the phone the other day and they still text me calling me Christine.

Maybe that was autocorrect though

Novum · 29/08/2022 22:26

People do this with all sorts of names. Even someone with a simple name like Jane gets Jayne, Jean, Joan, Joanna, Jan etc. It almost feels like a compulsion sometimes.

FlippertyGibberts · 29/08/2022 22:26

People get my name wrong regularly - I think they just scan read it, then think it's something else entirely.

It's a bit odd, and it's made me really careful about getting names right in emails etc. (copy, then paste as text only 😄).

PollyEsther · 29/08/2022 22:27

I am also capable of pronouncing Kristina correctly (not hard, as you say).

As someone with one of the other names you mentioned, though, I feel your pain. If it’s not misspelt, it’s someone decided to shorten it to something I don’t like when I’ve never introduced myself with that name; or people telling me I spell my own name ‘wrong,’ etc.

It’s draining when it’s your entire life long, isn’t it?

TabithaTittlemouse · 29/08/2022 22:27

It’s hardly an unusual name. I think maybe people are just a bit thick.

TooManyPJs · 29/08/2022 22:27

People constantly get my name wrong, spelling it, pronouncing it and they often hear it wrong and I am constantly called by a completely different name as a result.

I really wouldn't worry about it. You can't control what others do and people seem to struggle to pronounce some names or hear them correctly. You can spend your life getting stressed about it or just decide to not worry about it. It's really not important in the whole scheme of things.

I don't even bother correcting people now unless its important they get my name right (ie for an application or something).

GreenTeaPingPong · 29/08/2022 22:28

It's hardly an unusual name! Surprising that people get it wrong. Christina Aguilera anyone?

cathol · 29/08/2022 22:28

I get similar. My name is Rebecca but I often get called Rachel.

ChipsRoastOrBoiled · 29/08/2022 22:28

It seems more like misreading your name than mispronouncing to me.

Georgeskitchen · 29/08/2022 22:29

I knew an old woman donkeys years ago who didn't like her daughter in law. DILs name was Eileen and MIL used to call her Irene deliberately to annoy her 🤣