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

    Actually, she made it into MI6, but then had to quit after she was assigned the codename "000".

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    Venatrix324
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some names that would suck for this game (long names): Madeleine- enieledaM, Benjamin- nimajneB, Angeline- enilegnA, Arianna- annairA.

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

    I love the name Hannah. Like a mirror lol. Its cute

    Stille20
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    there are a lot of palindrome names... that was a silly idea

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

    Elaine....Eniale........ Sounds like I could hurt somebody. (in a child's world)

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

    So you were a "Super spy". . . always turn things into something positive!

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

    As a kid I’d get called Anna a lot because Hannah wasn’t a very common name, but have also been called Hammer on one memorable occasion.

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

    I, Bob, had the same problem. Spelled backwards the same as forwards. But I'm guessing we inherited that from Mom & Dad so...

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

    wtf is yecnaled :( my spy name sounds like some foreign villain in a low quality early 2010's action movie

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

    There is a book called Hannah is a Palindrome....how I learned that word

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

    Most of the people could not say their names. Lucky you!

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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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    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

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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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    ChascatmoK X
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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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