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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 141735" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>My first name is so unusual that there is only one other of me in the US at this point. It's all of four letters and is spelled logically.</p><p></p><p>Still, people come up with everything other than the phonetic spelling. They just don't hear the pronunciation.</p><p></p><p>I understood while l living in Germany that it'd get butchered as pronunciation rules are different. I used to write it out in accordance and say, "write this, but say it like that", and we were fine.</p><p></p><p>on the other hand, my last name in Germany was much like being named "Smith" in the US.</p><p></p><p>My vet and doctor both used to ask for the "American Mrs. xxx" when calling me into the office and that worked fine.</p><p></p><p>I am ashamed to admit that I went most of the way through a box of checks over here before realizing that they had my first name spelled wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 141735, member: 1963"] My first name is so unusual that there is only one other of me in the US at this point. It's all of four letters and is spelled logically. Still, people come up with everything other than the phonetic spelling. They just don't hear the pronunciation. I understood while l living in Germany that it'd get butchered as pronunciation rules are different. I used to write it out in accordance and say, "write this, but say it like that", and we were fine. on the other hand, my last name in Germany was much like being named "Smith" in the US. My vet and doctor both used to ask for the "American Mrs. xxx" when calling me into the office and that worked fine. I am ashamed to admit that I went most of the way through a box of checks over here before realizing that they had my first name spelled wrong. [/QUOTE]
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