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Does anyone else have trouble getting aussies to understand their name or any other word for that matter

Mine obviously is Kala kinda pronounced Carla and until today every person who has asked my name has come back with AHHH KYLA

Drives me a bit crazy but I supose there are a lot of Kyla's here and not many Carla's so it is to be expected.

I dont think it is my accent as I am from the South of England and have lived with an Aussie for near on 5 years now so have a bit of an Aussie twang .

I'm not whinging just bored waiting for a 1am check in and this is the sort of strange thing that has come into my head.

Kala

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Ha, well my name is "Fabienne" - pronounced Fa-bee-yen in French. Try and introduce yourself to an aussie with this name, they always go ah Fabien - or Fabio (and then add - the most beautiful man on earth - used to be a show i think)

I have seriously considered re-naming myself Sarah.

But then when ppl get to know me they think my name is really "exotic" :D
Might make me special in OZ. Here in Switzerland its dead boring and as usual as John!

good thread!!!

fabie

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My wife has the same problem even in the UK - her name is Shila (pronounced Sheila), for which she'll no doubt take some stick when we get to Oz.

But almost everyone insists on calling her Shyla or Shiller. I guess once they've seen it written down they make up their own mind about how it's pronounced and just don't listen to how SHE pronounces it.

Phil

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oooooer.....i remember him, he was bluddy lovely!!!!

im a suzanne, and usually get called susan, even when ive spelt my name out and emphasized the '-zanne' bit!

hehe....good thread kala, and it is wierd what strikes you as interesting when you are up at all hours! I was wondering if aussie houses had guttering and drain pipes on them, cos i couldnt remember seeing any on the real estate sites i keep looking at! well, it was 4am....... :o

sue

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I have enough trouble getting people in the UK to read / say my name. :rolleyes:

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Same here I get called Frasier amongst other things that look like this ***** :D

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Do you have your own radio show in Seattle? :p :D

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I'm listening :D

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Can you fix me up on a date with Niles please! :D

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Can't see me having many problems.

Tracey :D

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You woldn't think there was a problem with Anne, but when I was young and went to France on holiday a whole bunch of French kids laughed at me because it means "donkey" there. :o Oh so I was told

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Nice one. I bet you were gutted :D

Tracey :)

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...so is your full name Bridget??? ...or have I got the wrong end of the stick?? :o

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When Jonah was about one, we went on holidays to Turkey for a fortnight & everytime a Turk said "Oh beautiful baby boy... name?" We said "Jonah" and they looked at us really puzzled & said "Joanna... a girl?" We got sick to death of saying "NO JONAH!!!!!!!!" In the end, one turkish guy started calling him "Josh" and it kinda stuck for the rest of the holidays... LOL:rolleyes:

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Dolly Daydream :rolleyes:

Difficult one, I know.... ;) :D