My real name has always been a source of contention for me.
I hear ya. I live in my home country and still people have problems with my name. They will misspell it (though my e-mail address is clearly my name as it is correctly spelled) and in the end, I introduce myself as only the first syllable of my name.
And get people who think I'm Chinese as the 1st syllable of my name sounds like a Chinese surname.
Most Westerners have problems pronouncing my name, so I end up with another nick (a name which I hated as a child) and just had to grin bear it.
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I hear ya. I live in my home country and still people have problems with my name. They will misspell it (though my e-mail address is clearly my name as it is correctly spelled) and in the end, I introduce myself as only the first syllable of my name.
And get people who think I'm Chinese as the 1st syllable of my name sounds like a Chinese surname.
Most Westerners have problems pronouncing my name, so I end up with another nick (a name which I hated as a child) and just had to grin bear it.
*hugs Lass*