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While baristas at Starbucks get a bad rep for misspelling people’s names—seemingly quite deliberately—it would be quite unfair to say that they are at fault here.

Some have unique names, others have common names that are spelled differently, and there are also communication barriers, like outside noise that make you mishear things.

Whatever the case, many of us have had our names butchered at some point in our lives, and in some of these cases it turned out hilarious.

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People on the Twitterscape have been sharing stories of how their names were misspelled, misheard, or flat-out ridiculed, whether accidentally or not, and the answers are sure to make you crack up, so keep on scrolling to see a curated list of some of the best stories found. Oh, and don’t forget to vote and comment!

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So, Twitter user Summer Ray (not to be confused with model Sommer Ray) asked the good people of Twitter to share stories of the grief that people’s names have given them.

She also shared a story about her own name, Sarah, saying that one might think it’s a safe enough name, but on more occasions than she can count she’s sent emails with a sign-off that had her name mischievously corrected to “Satan.”

And you bet people delivered their best responses!

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Now, you would expect more out-of-the-ordinary names to be picked on. And there certainly were cases like this in Summer Ray’s thread: names like Fuchsia and Audhan were definitely out there to be ridiculed, whether deliberately or not.

But there were also regular names, like Sarah and Ross, that were quite a head-scratch as to how anyone can butcher them. Well, turns out, Stan and Rock are a thing—spellcheck and phones primarily being the culprit here.

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Vicky Z
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just sign as Ross and Rachel and it will be easier for them to remember

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Vicky Z
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe she lied that English was not her first language(as we saw in other post) because you heard her using that nickname for you😅😅

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PrincessTheSiameseKat
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

everyone in the comments are saying queer means Gay but it generally means any of the LGBTQ+ community or if you are not sure what you are

QueerTheory
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

McQueer sounds like some shitty sandwich McDonalds would serve on pride month

Signe Manat Hansen
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol it absolutely does 😆 there's a McDonald's 20 meters from Pride Square in Copenhagen and I could absolutely see them doing that

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Signe Manat Hansen
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I use the queer label because I'm in the process of figuring things out and it's none of people's business how exactly I identify. The Q also stands for Questioning.

Redfox
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was much younger in the days before dinosaurs, queer meant unusual. E.g "The car rolled down the hill and crashed into the wall." "That's a bit queer if they had the handbrake on." Funny how language changes over decades to mean something entirely different with the same words.

Gemma
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For a split second I was confused. "Chris is a perfectly unremarkable name!"

Marcellus the Third
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Queer meaning 'uncanny', then became a slur for 'gay', now mostly reclaimed by the LGBT-community as 'none-of-the-above'-type catchall tickbox.

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Julie Hoblin
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was growing up queer meant odd, strange. Not as now used.

Marcellus the Third
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A deed poll is relatively cheap in many countries, so you can. Endless paperwork as e.g. your degrees and all paperwork will bear the old name though.

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Mickie Shea
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Regardless that's gotta be tough. Change your name to Steve McQueen.

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3 years ago

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I am old enough to remember when queer just meant that something was unusual or interesting, out of the norm. But some evil dead of the religious variety, transformed the word into something bad. Whoever did that, I would really like to make him eat live flies from a pile of Buffalo crap!

Carmen Sandiego
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unless I'm mistaken, it just means unsure of your gender orientation. How is that bad?

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While the tweet received quite modest popularity, gaining just a tad bit over 2,800 likes, it still got a fair amount of responses, nearing 1,400 quoted tweets.

You can check out more responses by following this link to the original tweet, but before you go, continue scrolling and let us know if someone has butchered your name to lengths even you haven’t expected in the comment section below!

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Billy The Kid
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Before sending that parcel I would have to query that in case of offending someone

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RandomBeing
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bruh my siblings name are not alike at all and our parents still mess us up XD

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Vicky Z
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel the pain! I've watched my name being tortured too many times.... vikki, Vickie,viki 🙄🙄🙄

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Vicky Z
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Chill man we also like our name but we don't write it that often😅😅

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Billy The Kid
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe because it is more common for the name Adam to be the surname and Leslie as the first?

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Billy The Kid
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know that it is not up there but the Fentons sound familiar to me.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Last name KENTY. I learned from my mom to always say it then spell it. K-E-N-T-Y. Phone rep couldn't understand that after several repetitions. I said "Like Clark Kent with a Y" The package came addressed to Ms. Clarky.

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