My only bad experience with my name is that when I was in school, no fucking teacher could pronounce it. It's not common, but not strange. It pissed me off because it was always a problem every new school year. It's like, you're a goddamn teacher, and you can't read my fucking name? How did you get your job teaching??
I've only known a few people who had the same name, but 99% of the time they used it as a nickname, not their real name....and they almost always spelled it differently. Yes, it's annoying. People always assume my name is a nickname too, so that's really annoying.
And I've had the same experience throughout my life as well...still, to this day, do I have to introduce myself as "Britton....like the country but spelled differently....". It's rather obnoxious but people hack my name up constantly....
Oh, OK, you convinced me....but I'll be pissed if people start calling me by name...and I'll blame you. It's Jeannie. No, not a nickname, and yes, that is how it's spelled. I was born in the 70's, so maybe I Dream of Jeannie had something to do with it.
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My only bad experience with my name is that when I was in school, no fucking teacher could pronounce it. It's not common, but not strange. It pissed me off because it was always a problem every new school year. It's like, you're a goddamn teacher, and you can't read my fucking name? How did you get your job teaching??
I've only known a few people who had the same name, but 99% of the time they used it as a nickname, not their real name....and they almost always spelled it differently. Yes, it's annoying. People always assume my name is a nickname too, so that's really annoying.
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So what is it?!
And I've had the same experience throughout my life as well...still, to this day, do I have to introduce myself as "Britton....like the country but spelled differently....". It's rather obnoxious but people hack my name up constantly....
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hmmmmm, should I say? I'm not sure....let me think on it....
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Hell, my name is on blast 24/7...no harm in saying your first name...I'm sure millions of people share the same name as you...
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Oh, OK, you convinced me....but I'll be pissed if people start calling me by name...and I'll blame you. It's Jeannie. No, not a nickname, and yes, that is how it's spelled. I was born in the 70's, so maybe I Dream of Jeannie had something to do with it.
Happy? : )
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Perhaps! Who knows! Your teachers must have been dumber than a sack of hammers though....wow
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Yeah, I usually got Janine or Jeneeenie.....duh.