do they get your name
Jun 20th 2005, 5:27 pm
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Re: do they get your name
Originally Posted by tracey.d
Nice one. I bet you were gutted 
Tracey
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Jun 20th 2005, 5:29 pm
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Re: do they get your name
Originally Posted by Anne4Terry
It's eee orrright now though
sorry a bit thick today. Don't get it 
Jun 20th 2005, 5:37 pm
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Re: do they get your name
Originally Posted by tracey.d
sorry a bit thick today. Don't get it Don't consider yourself thick, it's just my terrible sense of humour
Jun 20th 2005, 5:39 pm
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Re: do they get your name
Originally Posted by Anne4Terry
Hee haw - the noise a donkey makes! Don't consider yourself thick, it's just my terrible sense of humour
Don't consider yourself thick, it's just my terrible sense of humour Tracey
Jun 20th 2005, 6:17 pm
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Re: do they get your name
Originally Posted by GrantP
...so is your full name Bridget??? ...or have I got the wrong end of the stick??
My full name is Bridie, although in Ireland Bridie can be short for Bridget but not in my case.
Doesnt stop lots of smart arses calling me Bridget thinking they're really clever though (that's NOT aimed at you Grant
)When I worked in Argos once I was sat on the checkout and this middle aged guy said "Congratulations" I said "Excuse me?" he said "Congratulations, Bride!" What a wazzuck!
Jun 20th 2005, 6:26 pm
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Re: do they get your name
Originally Posted by JayDeee
Does anyone else have trouble getting aussies to understand their name or any other word for that matter
Jun 20th 2005, 6:36 pm
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Re: do they get your name
My real (given) name is Laura, so no problems there, aside from the occasional 'Lauren' confusion. I have been called Laurie my whole life though, which is apparently a boy's name in Australia. That should lead to some interesting mistakes.
Jun 20th 2005, 6:57 pm
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Re: do they get your name
Originally Posted by bridiej
I have enough trouble getting people in the UK to read / say my name. 
Jun 20th 2005, 7:05 pm
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Re: do they get your name
Hope my daughter dont have any trouble her name is Charly, peeps are use to it here now, but spelling does get them.
Jun 20th 2005, 7:11 pm
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Re: do they get your name
Originally Posted by bridiej
When I worked in Argos once I was sat on the checkout and this middle aged guy said "Congratulations" I said "Excuse me?" he said "Congratulations, Bride!" What a wazzuck!
Jun 20th 2005, 10:08 pm
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Re: do they get your name
Not my name but my job, usually goes like this ;
"What do you do?"
"I'm a nurse"
"A what ?!?"
"A nurse"
"A what?!?"
"A nurse, you know ,works in a hospital, wipes bums, gives medicines, used to wear a white dress and a funny hat,a nurse!!!!!!!!"
SEVERAL MORE , I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THEN IT FINALLY CLICKS-
"Oh , a N-E-E-E-R-SE !!!!! , You speak funny, bloody English!"
Great offence all round after about the 50th time , so now I just say "nothing"
Tass.
"What do you do?"
"I'm a nurse"
"A what ?!?"
"A nurse"
"A what?!?"
"A nurse, you know ,works in a hospital, wipes bums, gives medicines, used to wear a white dress and a funny hat,a nurse!!!!!!!!"
SEVERAL MORE , I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THEN IT FINALLY CLICKS-
"Oh , a N-E-E-E-R-SE !!!!! , You speak funny, bloody English!"
Great offence all round after about the 50th time , so now I just say "nothing"
Tass.
Jun 20th 2005, 10:11 pm
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Re: do they get your name
Well I am ok.......Amanda is quite a popular name in Australia it seems, so I have no trouble. They can't always understand anything else I say as I have a Yorkshire accent.
Jun 20th 2005, 10:37 pm
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Re: do they get your name
My name is Mandy, which i don't think is difficult but I must pronounce it different to the Aussies because they always think I'm saying Maundy or Monday and I get comments about it being Tuesday!!!!
I sometimes let it go or i call myself Amanda.
Mandy
I sometimes let it go or i call myself Amanda.
Mandy
Jun 20th 2005, 10:40 pm
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Re: do they get your name
No problem here - but then Dag is an Aussie word and Boy is pretty hard to get wrong.
Cheers,
DagBoy
Cheers,
DagBoy
Jun 20th 2005, 11:09 pm
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Re: do they get your name
I have fun with my surname - all my ID is still in my maiden name, so I use that at work. Every so often though someone will ring or send a fax using my married name, and it causes all sorts of confusion. One poor bloke spent two hours trying to find out who the last fax was destined for! I did point out that with an unusual christian name it should have been common sense to try me first, but he didn;t get the point