Misspell thy name.
Posted: December 3rd, 2007 | Author: faddy | Filed under: General | 69 Comments »
You know, as much as almost everyone around me calls me Faddy (both in real life as well as the online arena), there are times where of course, my real name has to be used. Like for example, at work. Although in my previous two call centre stints I managed to establish my name as ‘Faddy’ for easy pronunciation, in my current job somehow it’s already too deeply ingrained that my name is Nur Fadhilah.
That isn’t really the problem. The problem is, no one at work seems to know how to spell my name! Firstly, for my email address, they registered me as ‘Nur Fadhillah’. For one of the programs, my name is ‘Fadillah’, and in another, it is ‘Fadila’.
And unfortunately, all these names cannot be re-registered. At first it was amusing but now I find it a tad bit irritating actually. I guess to me, my name represents myself and doing work and having it credited to another name (although in theory it IS my name, nevertheless) makes it very frustrating.
I make it a point to stress in all my e-mail correspondences the way my name should be correctly spelled, even including “Faddy” so that the suppliers/clients would remember it easily. Heh, yes, I am anal like that.
Would you find it irritating if people misspells or mispronounces your name all the time? I face it all my life and till this day I still find it irritating haha!
P/s. Yes, yes. I’m still in the midst of writing the Ubin entry. Too many pictures and too little time!
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hi fadilah, i mean fadhilah, i mean fadila…
arghh faddy sudah! :D
hahaha yup, “Faddy” is the easiest to remember isn’t it?
i only find it irritating if people say my name as ‘AIDILFITRI’!!!! grr.
selamat ah diorang! :D
AIDILFITREEEEE!
Haha Mr Malique are you still alive? Fit mcm angry tu!
AIDILFITREE 2x
Ni lagi satu cari nahas!
Aidilfitri~ Hari bahagia~ Hari yang muliaaaa~
Jeng Jeng Jeng!!! I know ur name oledi! Kwak kwak!
I thought you knew my name all along already kekeke!
Hahahaha!
Faint.. Banyak nyer nama hang ada!
Yeah, at times I find i frustrating but I just let it go..
But if it’s at workplace kind of thingy,
They better get it right coz I would want my colleagues to know me well enough, especially when it comes to NAME!
Yarlor, even I get confused at work when logging in to my accounts. Sometimes have to try all sorts of spelling till I hit the right one. Anyway true what you said, cuz you’ll be spending a long time with such people.
yup!
i’ve never liked people spelling my name as AMIRAH, with the ‘H’ at the back!
or even,
A-M-E-E-R-A!
aaaaarrrgh!
Haha i would totally fall into the former category, but Ameera is quite a unique spelling. doubt many spell yours that way ey.
faddy faddy faddylah..
Nasib they never spell my name that way!
Irritating? definitely when someone cudnt spell my name.
expecialli during primary and secondary.
name sedap2.. ada yg sebut falu, fazru.. kiwek!! boring sak.
tads y i stick to namer ‘rose’ throughout my sec days and poly. hahaha~ senang untuk sebut.. mat bunga (-_-)”
Hhaha you’re cool cuz you’re man enough to carry off a nickname so tied to being a woman! *salutes*
i know! i hate it too! i blogged a while back that kids should learn the name structure singaporeans. like our surname’s at the back, while the chinese (and some indian) are in front… at least you’re lucky you ain’t called by your dad’s name!
I read that post! And err.. my email at work is nwahid@____.com. That SO makes me fall into your comment category hahaha. *slaps forehead*
(as in sufie as in hattareena – who went hml with you back in our prime haha)
yah, sufie without the ‘e’, with a ‘y’
single ‘t’, double ‘r’, an ‘i’ instead of ‘ee’
teachers never pronouncing beyond h-a-t-t
ok i’m sure you get my point :D
Hahah of course I know you babe, tak payah nak explain kekek. Anyway your name is very unique, me thinks, and I admit I would have spelled it incorrectly hehehehe.
hey.. understand how you feel… my name is so common and easy and yet i’ve gotten so many variations from when i was in sch til now at work.. eg.. they pronounce it as narul, nurel, neyrul, nunu, there’s this collegue once that took the cake… she said ” hey narul, ur name very hard to say, i call you lulu can la hor…”
“”"”-.- utter sian-ness… so hard to say meh?!
HAHA even YOU got the problem? Ishk, and I thought your name is damn easy to spell/pronounce lah. and heh, I shall call you neyrul from now on can? ekeke..
I’m Farhana, Farhani and Suhana.
Sometimes Rohana also.
But you know what?
It’s ok lah cause at least it’s not Petom.
:P
Wakakka you’re so right. Sorry if there’s any petoms reading this :P
I know how you feel.
On my recent class photo, my name was SADAL instead os SADALI.
They made me sound like a sandal or something. Heh.
hehe sandal takpe, jgn sundal kekekke. *oops* But yeah actually your name is unique, me thinks. I’ve never heard of it before. What does it mean?
wow i have the same problem, my name very da long
well but at least u’re not called bangla in ur face, bummer
really ah? i kena called bangla..ish..
Really?! But you don’t even have dark skin kan?!
eh..error..it was suppose to be ” u kena called bangla..ish..” i cant imagine someone calling me bangla… hahha.. how a letter change the whole meaning..
hahahahaha tulah i was quite shocked also!
haha this indian lady spoke to me in tamil before. counted or not?
ahhh yes. usually the ppl ard me manage to pronounce my name properly, but i hate it when they write my name as shahida or ida. where’s the H baybeh!!
I read the news H semua kene quarantine kekeke. I get missing H’s regularly too!
nah…
i dont find it irritating…
my name has been spelled wrongly for the countlesstimes…
hidayat.
heidayat…
its HEEDAYAT!!
wahahahahahahahahha
no offence eh, but actually ur name is spelled in a unique way.. i have friends whose name is hidayat.. this is my first time seeing HEEDAYAT.
I second her!
Keke I think my name and your name similar in the sense that there are many variations in the spelling for a similar sounding name.
Hey Faddy, I found myself at your page from Ridj’s link (apparently he thinks we look alike- haha)
Anyhow, join the club! People mispronounce my name alllll the time. I got tired of stressing the fact that the bloody “R” has to be pronounced. I guess people are just used to saying it like “Fa-ha, Fa-han, Fa-hana”.
And even when I spell it out for them (”F”rance, “A”ust, “R”ussia etc), the idiot on the other line still pronounces it as Farah. *smacks forehead*
Unless everyone else is French, I can pardon them. haha
Hola Farha! Just a question, is your name JUST “Farha”? Cuz’s that’s really unique! Haha.. I think, like you said, most people have it ingrained in their heads certain common names like Farhana etc, so it takes a while for them to adjust to your unique name :) And pic please! I want to see if Mr Ridj dah potek ke apa ke… Hehehe…
hm nw i knw ure real name..
bt faddy ajer is e BEST lor….
Haha but I think Nur Fadhilah Wahid has a better meaning – “First light of success”. Faddy (duddy) means “Old school!” Hahahha.
Heheh it’s a very common problem. EVERYWHERE.
Mine is always assumed as ‘farhana’ instead of ‘farhanah’.
OH WELLS. -_-
Sings the jinbara song ” Farhanah oh farhanaaahhh~” kekekeke… Serahkan kepada takdir je la eh babe. You sound so resigned hahaha.
same problem FADDY! hahax!! as for now i stick my name to Fan (Kipas) much easier nt only in spelling bt remembering the prsn.. I find it difficult if u have 2 diff ppl with same name. Ssh gitu.. hahax!!
Hahaha tell me about it! And I used to have classmates who had almost similar names and they are IDENTICAL TWINS. almost died.
I have my experiences too.. My name is Noor Azmin (yeah, dats a guy’s name). but ppl ALWAYS think its Mohd. Azmin, Amin or even Nur Azmi. Now, that is without my dad’s name. That would be worse. Wanna know wats my name in Singtel Mobile account is? Its spelled as Noor Almin Sammdi. (and “Sammdi” isn’t dat close to my dad’s name) *hotaklu!*
maybe all that made me turn to AzMean. *rolleyes*
HAHAHAHAHHAHA. How can the singtel people do that? I thought they scan your IC and stuff hahaha. Sorry, but that’s rather amusing hehe. Anyway AzMean makes you sound like a grouchy old man lah! I’m sure you ain’t that right? heh.
hahas i know the feeling beb! ppl ALWAYS misspell my name
aslinda
aslinda
azlinda
haslinda
but NEVER azlindah!
wheres my ‘H’! its the ‘H’ that makes my name unique!!!
Alamak, dia sudah mengamok! *pass air tu AzlindaH* kekeke…
TELL ME ABOUT IT!!
People always spell my name either anissa or anisah or anisa.
Not even once people got it Annisa.
Urgh irritating yes it is indeed!!
Do you know once a point a time I always misspell your name too HEHEHE.
yeah, it’s annoying. my name’s siti aishah. and sometimes people put a y in place of h – as in aisyah. sometimes its spell without the h – as in aisha. it doesnt make a difference. but its so annoying! i would thought siti is such a simple name to spell. but i thought wrong! i recently came across someone who spelt siti as… CITY!
-.-
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. That’s all I have to say with regards to the “City”. HAHAHHAHAHHA. The bugger must have never lived in Singapore EVER!
oh tell me about it babe.. people just cannot spell my name.. in duty rosters also they always spell wrongly.. then name spell correctly already tapi title Mrs Shahneeza instead of Miss.. bila masa i dah kahwin.. tak jemput pon.. i remember i had a principal who really take this issue seriously..he really got so angry when people spelled his name wrongly.. he shouted u know.. ish ish.. but i dont dare shout la, wait people say making a big deal out of a small issue.. but it is a big deal! my name u know..wakakakakak..
Hahahha MRS seh. Eh you better invite me I tell you :P Anyway, yeah I agree with what you said that people might view it as a small issue, when essentially I think it is a big issue. Your name is your first point of identity i think.
OH yeahhh… It happened to me at work too!
They listed my name as Fadhillah, Fadilla, Fadilah. Hehehe.
And when I told them my spelling, they pronounced my name as FAD-HILL-AH. Silent H! Silent H! :/ Kecohness.
Haha dah nama kita sama, mestilah ada sama problem hehehe.
i find it irritating too! my name is sooooo easy but even my relatives still cant get it right up till now.. they call me faizah or apizah or just Pizza hut instead or hafizah. everytime we meet they ask wats my name. cam sedih gitu relatives tak tau nama kita. haha.
Tell me about it~ My name’s always wrongly spelled too. Sedih hamba. Anyway I shall call you apizah now onwards. Apizaahhhh tangkap bola netball tu cepaaat!
haha.
my name is julianatasha. with that many syllables, higher chances of people getting it wrong.
juli-natasha, juliana-natasha.
and worse, people called me julian! hello, guys’ name! LOL.
hahahaha at least julian’s hawt. as in the ch 5 hunk julian hahaha
LOL, my name is Juliana Natasha!! How cool Julianatasha! Very unique name of yours. Just wanted to say that ahaha…
bye. x
ooo grouchy old man eh.. jaga u! hahah… nah.. me only grouchy if ppl disturbs my sleep. Ntah lah tu Singtel.. hopeless! It has been that name since I signed up for a pager line waaaay back in 1997. and to think of it.. i have already send them a letter abt the name but i got nothing out of it. :p
hahahaha next time they bill you, just scream BUT THATS NOT ME!
anyway, What’s the meaning of Azmin, Azmil and Azrin. could you pls somebody to help me to find out the meaning.
thankingly-shanu
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