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    Luke Pagarani‏ @LukePagarani 11 Jun 2020

    Luke Pagarani Retweeted James B

    I look back with anger at how my teachers refused to use my actual surname which is spelt entirely phonetically “Pagarani”. Each teacher had their favourite version: Pavarotti, Pepperami, Pagaradoobie. At best Pagarini or Paragani. Never complained at the time.https://twitter.com/piercepenniless/status/1271002748386004998 …

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    James B @piercepenniless
    This really struck me when listening - other than Enfield really embarrassing himself, is it so hard to remember how to pronounce people's names? When it's literally remembering a vowel? (& I'm sure they make the effort with whatever BBC execs call their kids - Terpsichore etc.) https://twitter.com/thetwerkinggirl/status/1270988381967855616 …
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      1. Luke Pagarani‏ @LukePagarani 11 Jun 2020

        Another boy with surname “Tyabji”, extremely easy to pronounce Tie-ab-gee, they called Scrabble. The joke being that it was such a long name it would score very high. Hilarious.

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      1. Rob Vega, PhD — Noble-Prize Winner in Snark‏ @BookBoy1268 11 Jun 2020
        Replying to @LukePagarani

        WTAF?

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      1. Nurse Cranky Ass‏ @NGEnough 11 Jun 2020
        Replying to @LukePagarani @ResistMonsters

        I'll bet they could pronounce Tchaikovsky though.

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      2. Never work hard; seldom play by the rules‏ @pedantic_cat 11 Jun 2020
        Replying to @LukePagarani @piercepenniless

        As a teacher, I’m afraid to say this still happens. I am constantly disappointed by how many teachers seem to have an attitude of “Well, there’s no way I could possibly say that” and so don’t even try. Sadly, kids feel they have to accept the mangled anglicisation of their names.

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      3. Never work hard; seldom play by the rules‏ @pedantic_cat 11 Jun 2020
        Replying to @pedantic_cat @LukePagarani @piercepenniless

        Always reminds me of Uzo Aduba, who said her mother told her "If they can learn to pronounce Tchaikovsky, they can learn to say Uzoamaka". This is exactly it.

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      1. Knowvak 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 💉⚢ 🌊 🤦‍♀️‏ @breton59er 11 Jun 2020
        Replying to @LukePagarani @ResistMonsters

        Not exclusive to ethnic-sounding names. Many teachers do it and proves they are the assholes of the instructor-class. Love, your friend, Novak (aka Noclass, Noback, Novacaine...)

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      1. Riccardo la Torre‏ @RiccardoLaT0rre 11 Jun 2020
        Replying to @LukePagarani

        Even more fun when it's in emails and your email address is literally your name spelt out

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      1. Sue Rad  🕷 💙#FBPE#NHS#ICARE 🇸🇩‏ @Topisue56 11 Jun 2020
        Replying to @LukePagarani

        My surname was Baptist-so easy to say...no I got Bishop,Bapteest for Christ’s sake they’re teachers and supposed to be educating their pupils.

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      1. taz khan‏ @ShamandDrudgery 11 Jun 2020
        Replying to @LukePagarani

        The actual name I now go by is a result of the least objectionable mispronunciation of my actual name by my first teacher - I remember being too embarrassed to try to correct her again

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