Sleepninja wrote: It irritates me when people mispronounce names. (one of my pet peeves lol) I know some people just have trouble due to difficulty in pronunciation, but some people refuse to try or mispronounce it on purpose. Which is rude. A person's name is very important and personal. I usually try to pronounce names as accurately as possible, but sometimes my accent gets in the way lol Also, I struggle with rolling r's. No matter how hard I try, it never works. =___= Which makes it hard to pronounce some Spanish names.
Lol no. It isnt even with mispronunciation.
I wouldnt mind that.
But for example. Yang Cheng Lin
Her name is Cheng Lin.
You dont call her Cheng.
It is just preposterous if you just called her Cheng.
Or say Jay Chou, and you call him Jie.
Or JJ Lin, and you call him Jun.
They dont learn though. So I've given up. But I never had that problem in Canada, #1 multicultural country ;)
It's more of a waste of breath trying to explain that you dont just drop half my name away...