Misheard

[packbat]

Just a quickie: day-before-yesterday, I called the school's Residential Facilities to have them repair the fluorescent in my dorm room. When they asked for my name, I told them, "Robin Zimmermann, with two Ns."

Today, I found on my desk a form indicating repairs had been completed. In the "Caller" field? "Martin Zimmerman".

Has anyone else had their name that badly misheard?

Comments

[fadethecat.livejournal.com]

I've had "Fade" rendered frequently as "Faith", occasionally as "Faye", and on one odd occasion as "Fey". Which could be an entertaining name, but is not mine.

[happydog.livejournal.com]

A million million times. My name has come up as Saucer, Saucher, Sausher, Sawyer, you name it. And don't even ask about the pronunciations.

[the-zaniak.livejournal.com]

Haha, "Hayward." Through all 7 years of Primary school, I never once got a certificate with ti spelt right. They all said "Haywood", except one - which said "Haywar".

[packbat.livejournal.com]

..."Haywar"? I almost hope that wasn't a typo – I'd like to meet the person who thinks that's a typical name.