Lorna at Vicenza

Easy enough for Italians though as they pronouce every vowel and Italian words all generally end in a vowel.

The H in the name has been more a problem for people writing the name here.

Rosemary

Me thinks that this could now develop into a blackmail situation.

Rosemary

jackytoo

Heard she PM'd 50 people this morning

I bet it's a great name anyway, we will probably all love it

Rosemary

Shush, he thinks that no-one here knows and that I do not use pm´s.

No, I can assure you it is definitely not a great name and I do not think that he will fall for that crafty tactic, good try though.

Rosemary

megmet

All my life I have hated my name Margaret, I'm known to everyone as Meg, which I like.

Now that we live here in Spain I find that the Spanish can't say my name, they have a problem pronouncing the G ... and when they try it sounds like Mek....so they all call me Margarita.

Rosemary

I wonder if that is an area thing or the fact it is at the end of your name. Around here they all say Gra..Ham instead of Greyam (the way I say it)because someone told them that the English pronounce the H and of course there is only one way of saying the A. Many just say ´your husband´ to me because they find his name problematic.

Rosemary

lynnxa

that one always makes me laugh - Gra Ham - & yes, it is because they have been told that we always pronounce the H

my elder dd has a typically English name, but it's also quite common in Spain - so that fits in

my younger dd has a very unusual name - we were told it was originally Spanish & landed in Cornwall with a shipwrecked sailor from the Armada, which is almost certainly rubbish, & we were told this long after we chose it for her - and long before we came to live in Spain

it never caused any problems in the UK - except my mum never quite got over us calling her granddaughter such a weird name - but it is so right in Spain (though we now think it has Italian roots) - and said with Spanish emphasis, it certainly sounds better than the English way of saying it!

snikpoh

My name is Mervyn Robert .... but the Spanish just can't handle my first name so we all just call me 'Roberto' (and much more I'm sure) - so much easier than to try and get it right.


My wife's name is Cathy - the Spanish can't handle this either so it has become 'Kati'!

angiescarr

My parents would have called me Quentin if I was a boy. I'd have been scarred for life! Funny thing is, with my surname I was Scarr-ed for life

fionamw

Yes, that's my maiden name so I've had my fill of that one too!

Fiona seems to go down quite easily, particularly once I troll out my little 'como la princesa en Shrek' palaver....

Though not rare, it's hardly a common name yet in my class at school there were 3 of us. Why they didn't spread us around the year I'll never know!!!!

Children - well son #1 has a very traditional English/celtic name not that easy for Latin tongues, but there's a common Spanish equivalent, son #2 everyone's got used to how to say it, though some still struggle with not pronouncing both parts of the dipthong 'ie' at the end! As to daughter, well she like Lynnxa's dd2 has an unusual one, celtic in origin, and we usually try to explain then give up and say to call her Maria!! Good job she doesn't live here, goodness knows what she'd end up being called if it was on a regular basis

megmet

Yes our daughter gets that too, I find it quite sweet!

Dick Dasterdly

There's a youngster down the street from me who I call Pequeno Barsteward.
My Spanish neighbour looks at me with a confused expression and keeps insisting that his name is Pedro.

megmet

anonimouse

I have been given a new name off the Spanish in my village, and I like it I think it's cool.

Funny thing in Hungary they called me something else too I liked that as well, and it's not as if I have a hard name to say, most odd.

I did wonder if it happend to others living here.

JLFS

In the name of peace and harmony in the neighbourhood, I would be prepared to meet the neighbours half way, you could call him by his name,
Pedro, just give it a tweak it a bit, and call him PEDO.