[Demon_Hunter]

Originally Posted by mtlmouth

Okay, here we go.

It's Leighanna.
Not Leighanne, Leanna, Leana, Leanne, Leah, Leia, Liliana, Iliana or Breanna.

It is pronounced lee-AN-uh, or /liænə/ if we're being technical. Not lee-AH-na, LAY-ah-na, or lee-ANN.
I know when my name's about to come up in a roll call by the confused expression and awkward pause before whoever it is attempts to speak.

And don't even get me started on my last name.

Your last name seems pretty straightforward to me.

Please tell me its pronounced the way it looks?

[OiBoyz]

Originally Posted by dogfood

my last name is hippopotamus

Dogfood Hippopatamus? It fits you.

[TunerSteve]

I once knew a guy whose last name was First. Makes some pretty confusing forms to fill in.

[cheyguy426]

I knew this Canadian guy who could never spell my name right. He kept giving me stuff with Jeaux written on it...

[Rainer.]

Originally Posted by Pre-Ex-Girlfriend

My mom told me that she got the spelling for my name from the Bible. However, I have never seen a Bible with it spelled that way. It's always "Rachel." I did have someone say, "like in the Bible" when I told them how to spell my name though. So, I'm thinking that some Bibles spell some names differently. In conclusion, it may not be useful to say "like in the Bible" when referring to how to spell names.

Perhaps. But I have never seen Jonathan spelled any other way in any of the Bibles I've seen...

[Guitar4God]

That's why they say rule of thumb is to ask: Can you please spell your name for me?
Some even add: and can you spell it slowly?
Fast or slow - no difference.

[dogfood]

amazing how many people can spell Ian wrong

[tmlfan123]

Originally Posted by dogfood

amazing how many people can spell Ian wrong

Ohh you spell it with an I? I would have thought it was "Eean"

[alen26]

Almost everyone spells my name wrong
Allen is how you spell my name
but people spell it Alan or alen and sometimes allan

[MtlMom]

Originally Posted by alen26

Almost everyone spells my name wrong
Allen is how you spell my name
but people spell it Alan or alen and sometimes allan

So... you misspelled your name in your username?

[tmlfan123]

Originally Posted by MtlMom

So... you misspelled your name in your username?

Nah, he's just tricky that way

[Thrash]

I hate it when people call me Tyler...

But most people, if they have not met me and are going just off the name assume I must b a girl, which is really annoying. I hated my name when I was young. Instead I wanted to change it to "Link", like in The Legend of Zelda!

[rfclef]

Originally Posted by redbaron

There are a lot of spellings of Sean though, and unless you see it it's hard to guess since they sound the same.

Shaun, Shawn, Sean, Sjon

Xian

[redbaron]

all the people complaining about misspelling in this thread that didn't provide the correct spelling of their name (at least first name) deserve to be smacked

[meatfinger]

Sometimes people type my name as "Christ" instead of "Chris." Then I feel all silly.