When some one feels difficulty to pronounce your name!

@Sreekala (34312)
India
August 9, 2017 6:47am CST
Dear friends, Yesterday I received a call, the caller asked my hubby’s name, I replied, he is in office, then the caller asked ‘who are you, how I related to him (telling hubby’s name). I replied all of his queries. So the caller introduced me, he is from some loan department and wish to give some offers. Hearing their office name, I told, it is me took loan earlier why you want to talk to my hubby? The caller asked me, what is your name is, I said, Sreekala. The caller pronounced my name with very difficulty. I understood he can’t pronounce my name properly. He asked my hubby’s name, as it is mentioned along with my name. He just cut the first half of the name and asked the second half as it is easy to pronounce. I was surprised how a person calls on my mobile then asks hubby’s name? I never get any official calls for him in my mobile. Have you experienced any such funny incidents? Is it difficult to pronounce your name?
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
9 Aug 17
Yes, I have experienced calling my name in the wrong way. Germans can hardly pronounced "th" and so they called me Delma instead of Thelma.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
11 Aug 17
May be 'th' is not their vocabulary
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
11 Aug 17
@Sreekala yes, it is not
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@else34 (13517)
• New Delhi, India
11 Aug 17
@Sreekala LOL!! Was he a foreigner? "Sreekala" is not a name difficult to pronounce.Similarly my name- Jaishankar- is not a tong twister.I had once met an American and he had no problem in pronouncing my name.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
12 Aug 17
I don't know, lol, but I have seen many north Indians pronounce my name 'Shreekala, instead of Sreekala. Since I heard his pronunciation, I understood he can't say my name easily,
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
14 Aug 17
@else34 Since I am from South I can observe the difference in pronunciation. Then there is much difference in words, same time similarities too. I think I can understand little bit more about the difference as I born and brought up in South then living long time in North.
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@else34 (13517)
• New Delhi, India
16 Aug 17
@Sreekala I have a couple of South Indian friend who have come to our town from Chennai. I don't know Tamil,but have no problem in understanding the HindI words they pronounce.
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• United States
9 Aug 17
Ha that is funny Even I can pronounce your name lol Yes I get called all sorts of incorrect names.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
12 Aug 17
Yes, because you are so smart, lol Here the dialects are different from state to state.
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• United States
12 Aug 17
@Sreekala Well I think I am pronouncing right hahaha Sreekala.
@shaynas (5488)
• India
11 Aug 17
oh...i know that feeling. Many people pronounce my name with 'S' instead of 'Sh'
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
11 Aug 17
My name is pronounced 'Shree' instead of 'Sree' most of the people around here in North.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
12 Aug 17
@shaynas Yes, you are right.
@shaynas (5488)
• India
11 Aug 17
@Sreekala In north, many people have problem between s and sh :)
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@vsai2008 (11796)
• India
10 Aug 17
I had no such problems LOL
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
11 Aug 17
You name may be easy to pronounce. The other thing, you are still in your native place then all are familiar with the name.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
12 Aug 17
@vsai2008 Oh your real name is Sai? I didn't know that. It is very easy.
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@vsai2008 (11796)
• India
11 Aug 17
@Sreekala Yes, that is true, there are so many people with my name though. When I go to my village and someone calls sai, at least 2 or 3 people respond LOL
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9 Aug 17
Maybe its due to different Languages or dialects and dictions that we use around the world.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
12 Aug 17
Yes, it is very different in different places of same state so we can guess how it will be different parts of one country.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
14 Aug 17
@chennorevillo Thank you so much
12 Aug 17
@Sreekala indeed. By the way, your name is beautiful.
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@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
9 Aug 17
Sometimes..they call me in different name like Aubrey..I thought they are looking for another person
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• Germany
14 Aug 17
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
12 Aug 17
I think I too may feel difficult to pronounce your name then, lol
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• Valdosta, Georgia
9 Aug 17
My name is easy to pronounce so no one really has a problem with it.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
12 Aug 17
If I am reading your real name here, then it is very easy to pronounce.
@prashu228 (37526)
• India
9 Aug 17
Lol..the caller found your name difficult...haha..then nothing will easy for the caller on Earth...
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
12 Aug 17
Yes, the name along with my name very easy and it is my hubby's name, lol
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
9 Aug 17
There are really some names that other people find it hard to pronounce and even at our work place, we encounter some names being mispronounced and we found this thing funny. But personally, I haven't experienced my name to be mispronounced since my name is similar to a very popular actress in our country.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
12 Aug 17
That means your name must be popular and sweet.
• Philippines
9 Aug 17
Maybe it's time for him to have a nick name or something, a short for his full name or something.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
12 Aug 17
Since they calls to explain about their offers, it does not require, lol
@SHOHANA (16094)
• Bangladesh
11 Aug 17
people often misspelled my name SOHANA When its actually SHOHANA, that is sometimes painful lol
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
12 Aug 17
Some people don't bother the difference of spelling.
9 Aug 17
My name is not difficult to pronounce but a lot of people mispell my name.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
12 Aug 17
That is something worst thing like mispronouncing.
@dollaboy (6048)
9 Aug 17
HAHA, No i don't have but must have been very amusing for you
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
9 Aug 17
Yes, it is a typical south Indian name and north Indians have problem to pronounce it.
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@dollaboy (6048)
9 Aug 17
@Sreekala HAHA, hope you don't have any more incident like that
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