Yes I tend to. My married surname comes from a small Devon village but is a variant spelling of the village so I tend to spell it out for clarification.
Yes, because it is quite unusual and people always spell it wrong if I don't spell it out. I use a kindof bastardised alpha system. M for mother, B for Bertie, D for David. O for Orange.
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Only when I'm in countries like Germany or the Netherlands. Very few can work out how to spell my surname or pronounce it properly when they read it out. The only time I've been asked to spell my name out while in the UK was when talking to someone in an Indian call centre, though the other times I've spoken to call centre staff (based in India) they've had no trouble.
I do spell it out for people, mostly because it's been thought to be everything but what I actually said. I never quite understood when people did it with common surnames though, unless it has an unusual spelling.
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I have a collection of dozens of bizarrely misspelled letters. They don't listen anyway...
I feel your pain!
Mine too. Only six letters but if I don't spell it out for them it will invariably be wrong.
Yes, same here!
I do that too, then invariably have to do it again as they attempt to repeat it back with a questioning tone? Its not a difficult one either.
Me too. Its easier just to spell it without being asked because otherwise they get it wrong 999 times out of a 1000.
Oh and to make it even more of a pain I have to phonetically spell out most of it too...
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Trust me there's nothing superior about trying to spell D'Souza down a telephone line..
I'm so glad he spells it the Spanish way now.
I wouldn't dream of it.