My maiden name was very common and very ethnic, and frankly, I was kind of happy to get rid of it. But at least people could pronounce it! Recently more and more people are butchering my new last name - and it's not even that difficult. Either that or they mistake it for my first name over email - I've been getting lots of messages saying Dear Lynn (which is close to my last name)
It's getting alittle frustrating!
TEDNJENN
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I had no problems with my new last name until the Best man made his toast at the reception and told a little story that people use to call DH Ted Squash (it kindda ryhmes with the real last name) in jr high............
Oh no I am Mrs Squash!!!
justshir
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i'm chinese so it's almost a given that it may just be hard to pronounce. my maiden name isn't so hard. most ppl were able to say it w/o any effort but with my new name.. sheesh! i get either 'nuh-guy' or they just spell it out - HAHAH! but it's pronounced NYE. big diff, huh? but in chinese it sounds bad-ish.. sounds like hardship. eh.. i guess you would have to be chinese to know what i'm talking about. =P
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Posted by dita531
I miss my italian last name. Now I have a very generic last name.
Me too! But mine was Irish!
Danielle&Scott
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I like my madien name much better...that's why I never changed it..lol. Everyone pronounces it wrong and I am a teacher. I didn't want the kids to have a field day with it.
tigger645
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I doubled my last name! My maiden name used to be a very common word used in every day conversation and now my new last name is 10 letters! At least it is German just like me! (My last name was Irish)
mrswask
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Definite curse!!! But getting used to it - over a year later!!
Jen_n_Dale
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I had a long Polish name which I loved, real converation starter on check out lines.... Now when people call for me either at work or home they butcher my new name which is short. It is a french last name but they make it very American. lol.
HearzBellz
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oooh man...my new name is 22 letters long, hyphenated and very italian. I love it but man people always butcher it & make faces opr comments when I tell them what my name is
usuk2004
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Posted by SFP0214
Mine sounds like 'foker' like meet the fockers. And I work in a high school... WHAT DO YOU THINK??? Big time curse!
ETA: but my maiden name was pronounced 'munch' (not spelled that way) So the kids had a field day with that too!!!
It is wierd bc my whole life everyone always called me 'munch'.. not my first name... just 'munch' and now I am Focker.... The abuse never ends.
Munch-Foker???
eogara
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I loooove my new last name . It's Austrian (rare for a Jewish family) and so pretty. I actually wanted to be Austrian when I was little (well, more specifically, a member of the Von Trapp family ) so it's kind of funny that I wound up marrying someone with an Austrian last name (esp since that's only about 1/8th of his makeup). It's still weird for me to hear though, even almost 6 months later.
But my maiden name was the biggest PITA. I had an apostrophe and was forever being told by websites and computer systems that I must enter a valid last name . It was also impossible when it came to alphabetizing it. So, I was very happy to change it. I also have three older brothers, two of whom have sons so it wasn't a worry about passing the name on.
