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

Yeah. No further explanation needed from the poster, poor woman (and any other woman named Karen that isn't an entitled asshole)

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

The rest of the world: These stupid Karens! Innocent Karens: What did we do?

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

My name is Jackie. Not a problem, unless you're being hailed by your friend across the baggage-claim room at the airport. "Hi Jackie!" is sometimes misinterpreted.

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

Mine too. Wasn't a problem until Susan was no longer the problem.

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

My sister in law name is Karen and she’s literally a perfect example of a Karen

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

I have known some people named Karen, all lovely people.

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

And why a Karen had to be a woman? I mean, it Italian we have a saying that refers to housewives as the example of candid and stupid people. It's the same.

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

Yeah calling someone a Karen is sexism since even men are called that to be shamed. It's a huge problem that a woman's name has been chosen to represent everything that's wrong with humanity. I wish people were clear on that and stop saying "don't worry, as long as you're a good person you're fine".

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

Thank you. As someone named Karen I appreciate that you get it. I'm a nice person. I'm tired of people assuming I'm an ass before they even get to know me.

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

Some memes are just stupid.. The Karen-meme is one of them.. and its dangerous.

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

Once in college, I made a collect call home and the operator asked me to repeat my name several times and each time I slowly yelled, 'Beth!' My mom and I both never fell over laughing as soon as the operator said, 'Hello, ma'am, um...you have a collect call from Death. Would you like to accept??' So that's me. Death calling collect

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

Kennedy Johnson- you think so? My friend Karen's (and I'm Karen as well) 8 year old granddaughter, named for her got beat up at school, because all Karens "deserve" to be hit.

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

My name is Kevin. Now that wouldn't be an issue if I wasn't German, but in Germany it has become *the* epitome of a white trash name (well, we don't really have the concept of white trash around here but it's a pretty close picture - uneducated, lazy, stupid, annoying, loud-mouthed ... basically people you see on reality tv) around the milennium. That goes as far as getting sorted out when applying for a job just because of the name ... When I moved out from my parents and 500km away I never introduced myself as Kevin again and only use that name for official purposes. PS: The female version is Chantal or Jaqueline, but they're far from being as bad as Kevin.

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

I feel for you Kevin. I'm Karen, and they're using Kevin here in the states as well. Don't take it. You don't have to defend yourself because others are bullying you and think you're the one with the problem.

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

I knew this would exist and it would be first. Did you too?

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

Haha! Yeah! Don't worry as long as you are a good person nobody will bug you.

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

I have an aunt and a good friend named Karen, and they’re two of the best people I know.

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

Petition to change it to delusional? Self- absorbed? Anything shorter than that?

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

One big-mouthed Karen ruined the name for all the decent Karens.

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

And that is all you have to say. My neighbor's name is Karen, and I got her this Tshirt that says " My name is Karen, but I am not a Karen'! lol

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

Karen has gone from being a name to a Bad Status. I feel for all those really nice ladies whose name truly is Karen.

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

My husband's name is Craig, or as my texts constantly autocorrect to, Craigslist

Andy Acceber
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3 years ago

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I know I'll get downvoted for this. Karen is a name Black internet users adopted to get around social media filters to call out peak white entitlement. (Research it.) Karens' hurt feelings over being called a Karen cannot compare to the racism that word is now used to address. You'll get over it, Karen, just like the Becky's, D**k's, Chad's, Bessie's, Tom's, Jack's, and John's (all names that became insults) have too.

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

Karen was named such after an incel on 4Chan slagged off his wife. It's sexist and offensive. And it's nothing like the other names (and an apostrophe is not what you use to make a noun plural!)

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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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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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