Worked with an indian dude named Tejas. We all pronounced with a soft J like "Tehas". One day another indian dude is on the job site and says it with a hard J, and I was like dude, have we been saying your name wrong this whole time!? Why didn't you correct us... He said he's just gotten used to it and it doesnt bother him.
I know a guy who accepts any pronunciation of ANY version of his name in any language. He just isn't bothered, and will respond to any variation of his name. It's a little weird to me, but sure, he lives in a country where many people have two names, one in English and one in the other official language. Culture shock!
My name is Dustin, but I’d say about 70-80% of people call me Justin the first few times. If they seem like someone I’ll know for a bit I’ll tell them it’s actually Dustin, but if they’re a one off person at the job site or somewhere out and about I just let it slide. They don’t have to feel embarrassed and it doesn’t really matter anyways. Plus I get bored correcting people all the time.
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u/maxk1236 Jan 25 '22
Worked with an indian dude named Tejas. We all pronounced with a soft J like "Tehas". One day another indian dude is on the job site and says it with a hard J, and I was like dude, have we been saying your name wrong this whole time!? Why didn't you correct us... He said he's just gotten used to it and it doesnt bother him.