Do you have to spell your surname?

Kapellmeister · 14/08/13 - 00:10

Each and every time you speak to someone on the phone or in person??? It really gets on my wick.

:mad:

Pootmatoot · 14/08/13 - 00:12

Always. Luckily it's short.

I have a collection of dozens of bizarrely misspelled letters. They don't listen anyway...

ChristmasCake · 14/08/13 - 00:12

Yes I do, but I'm just grateful my dad changed it so it no longer has an apostrophe in it.

Mr_Moogle · 14/08/13 - 00:13

Yes. I automatically say it then spell it without being asked.

I feel your pain!

[Deleted User] · 14/08/13 - 00:13

Yes, but I don't really mind.

Kapellmeister · 14/08/13 - 00:13

Pootmatoot wrote: »

Always. Luckily it's short.

I have a collection of dozens of bizarrely misspelled letters. They don't listen anyway...

Mine too. Only six letters but if I don't spell it out for them it will invariably be wrong.

kendoguk · 14/08/13 - 00:14

Yes even though its only 4 letters and spelt exactly how it sounds.

Kapellmeister · 14/08/13 - 00:14

Mr_Moogle wrote: »

Yes. I automatically say it then spell it without being asked.

I feel your pain!

Yes, same here!

IC89 · 14/08/13 - 00:14

Yes, most of the time.

Biffo the Bear · 14/08/13 - 00:15

Sometime if I use my double-barrelled 'proper surname'. However, most of the time I just use one of them, just to make things a bit easier.

hopeless case · 14/08/13 - 00:16

Mr_Moogle wrote: »

Yes. I automatically say it then spell it without being asked.

I feel your pain!

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.

daveyfs · 14/08/13 - 00:17

Mr_Moogle wrote: »

Yes. I automatically say it then spell it without being asked.

I feel your pain!

Me too. Its easier just to spell it without being asked because otherwise they get it wrong 999 times out of a 1000.

Mr_Moogle · 14/08/13 - 00:17

Kapellmeister wrote: »

Yes, same here!

Oh and to make it even more of a pain I have to phonetically spell out most of it too...

spookyLX · 14/08/13 - 00:19

yes because there are a few variations of it

kaiserbee · 14/08/13 - 00:20

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.

Cadiva · 14/08/13 - 00:20

Yes but fortunately it's only four letters

SJ_Mental · 14/08/13 - 00:21

Yes, even then people mix the N's up with M's.

Babe Rainbow · 14/08/13 - 00:21

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.

A guy I used to work with used to use X for Christmas

Croctacus · 14/08/13 - 00:23

Sort of...I just have to tell them to not stick an 'e; on the end.

Lyricalis · 14/08/13 - 00:23

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.

jzee · 14/08/13 - 00:23

ChristmasCake wrote: »

Yes I do, but I'm just grateful my dad changed it so it no longer has an apostrophe in it.

Biffo the Bear wrote: »

Sometime if I use my double-barrelled 'proper surname'. However, most of the time I just use one of them, just to make things a bit easier.

I feel so inferior

....

Bex_123 · 14/08/13 - 00:26

Everyone adds an 's' to my surname :rolleyes:

ChristmasCake · 14/08/13 - 00:27

jzee wrote: »

I feel so inferior....

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.

Kapellmeister · 14/08/13 - 00:28

striing wrote: »

Presumably you know you can change your name if it annoys you that much?

I wouldn't dream of it.

Lisa.B · 14/08/13 - 00:30

Yes. It's only short, but there's a few variants. I just spell it on autopilot now, before they even get the chance to speak.

[Deleted User] · 14/08/13 - 00:30

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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