to expect people to spell my name properly???

[Dukketeater]

I have a fairly common name, there was another one in my year at school, lots of famous people with my name etc so its not as if it is unknown to people... Lets assume it is Rebecca ... Now I know there are variations in the spelling, but my spelling is by far the most common...

Now what bugs me the most is my email address is [email protected] and people still start emails regularly with 'Hi Rebekah' ... Seriously you just bloody emailed me with the right spelling in the email address... Get it right when you address me!!!

I think it is lazy and rude... AIBU?!?

I did once have a lot of trouble pronouncing the name of a friend who was Scottish who was introduced to me by another person with a thick Scottish accent. I wasn't sure whether to pronounce her name 'Mah-ree' with a short A 'Maa-ree' with a longer A or 'Marie' as I would pronounce it with a south London accent. I didn't want to sound like I was copying their accent, but couldn't work out how much was accent and how much was her actual name!

Bold fail - asterisks denote emphasis!

fridgepants I get that all the time. I introduce myself as [full version]. If someone asks "do you prefer [full version] or [short version]?" I usually say I don't mind, but if they start using [short version] seconds after I've introduced myself as [long version] without asking, I get the hump.

I have a very common surname which, to the best of my knowledge, is only ever spelled one way. Yet without fail when I give it, people say "is that with a [first letter]?" Yes. Yes it is. When have you EVER known it spelled without?

I am 28 and my nan still spells my name wrong she also spells both dds names wrong too

My surname is a country or language. I always say "surname - as in the language/country" and they still get it wrong