OK. so I know this shouldn't bug me but it does. It mostly makes me feel awkward, like should I correct them or not awkward. When I married Nate I knew I was taking on a name that was a little harder to pronounce than Layton. Layton is pretty simple. Say it like it is written. LAY-TON . No big deal. My name is now GARRARD. I little harder to pronounce correctly. I am pretty sure everyone at church today called me by the wrong name. So here is a little lesson.
Wrong: Grrrrrrrarrard. (like a tiger's growl)
Right: Jaaarrard. Like the sound a J would make but it is a G.
Got it? Good.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
The names GARRARD
Posted by Stac at 4:56 PM
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You should get up and bear your testimony and tell everyone how to pronounce it. There is a girl in our ward out here, and we are actually friends with her now, but they have a hard last name as well. And that is what she did. She just gave everyone a little lesson of pronunciation before her testimony. And it helped a lot actually! So maybe in Relief Society or Sunday school when they have you introduce yourself you can help them all out then. ;)
I'm an EhrisHman... to most people.. but that's WRONG! Why do people want to put an "H" after the "s"? Ehrisman... people.... Ehrisman... I should have married a Smith.
Well, I married a Fagg! Oh yea, people, I got ya'll beat! People would try to say anything BUT Fagg for fear that it wasn't Fagg and they would offend me by calling me a Fagg. I still have to spell my name now, but I'd rather spell Garyson than Fagg. We legally changed it to Garyson to protect the innocent! My husbands name is Gary so he is Garyson...get it, get it!!
Just go ahead and correct them, I don't think anyone will get mad if you do. And if they do, who cares, right??
That's so funny because I saw some commercial with a football player and his last name is Garrard, but he pronounced it with the G sound, not the J sound. It totally bugged me! He's been pronouncing it wrong his whole life! haha!
I totally know what you mean. With the last name Golightly, you can't believe what people come up with. One telemarketer pronounced it Go-DIVE-ly. Where did that come from?! The good thing is, if someone calls (ie.telemarketers) and can't pronounce it, I tell them they have the wrong number. Most people (the ones who can read)think it's a really cool name...which it is. People over a certain age always mention Breakfast at Tiffany's and Audrey Hepburn. I don't think anyone would mind if you correct them, they'd probably be glad to know so they don't keep saying it wrong. I would.
Oh, it's a special club, isn't it? Howard told me when he proposed that people would mispronounce my name. I couldn't imagine why, because I never did think of it being pronounced any other way. Well, don't you know, ON MY WEDDING DAY, in the Manti temple, a little old temple worker lady, said, "Sister GRRRRARD"!!! Well, I knew it was going to be that way from then on. Mostly, once people know how to pronounce it, they'll misspell it. They want to spell it with an "E" instead of the "A". Oh, well.
I've been saying it wrong this whole time. Although I don't think I've actually heard you or anyone say it out loud.
People say our name wrong 95% of the time.
I'll try harder.
Tyler
Uh, could you also point out that the "ard" is pronounced with "r" instead of "grrrad?" That bugs almost as much as screwing up the "g" sound and "j" sound. (But it probably doesn't bug you so much since you wear Nate's messed up shirts that are missing the "r" anyway.) Or how about when they say "Jerad?" Not even close. I gotta admit Barlow less traumatic.
People are always saying Step~Hens like you're stepping on hens. I hate it too.
Oh Stac, you make me laugh. You have to correct them! I have learned that when it's someone in your ward or something like that, go ahead and correct them, you will be talking to them again! If it's not someone you'll ever talk to again, then oh well. Most of the time people call us Robinsons. I don't get it. I always have to say "no it's R-O-B-I-S-O-N, Robison, no N in the middle!" You woudn't think it would be so hard!
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