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Good luck with that one

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My fiance has a very long name- 12 letters long, with k's and z's and all sorts of letters thrown in. I just called our internet provider to add services, the account is in his name. This is how the conversation went:

"The account is under my Fiance's name that is Ghazikhan-"

"Just give me the address"

"I was almost done."

"What's the address?"

I give him the address

"Man, that is a llloooonnnngggg name. You were all like Ghakzi and I'm like yeah.... good luck with that one. I don't know how you are gunna do it."

Thanks for making me feel really good about the name I'll be taking in two months, man!
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  • CokezerofreakCokezerofreak member
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    edited February 2014
    LOL!  Love it.  You should do a HIMYM (Barnie) thing with it.  I'ts Ghazikhan -- wait for it -  zzkkiekkeiek!
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  • PolarBearFitzPolarBearFitz member
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    edited February 2014
    That is terrible customer service...a complete no-no in the industry. That guy must have terrible soft skills to be commenting and interrupting in that manner.

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  • JCbride2015JCbride2015 member
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    Ugh, awful service.  What a rude guy.

    I'm actually on the fence about taking Fi's name because it is also very hard to spell and pronounce.  But I also get annoyed when people make comments about it.  You can't help that your name is ethnic-sounding!
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  • SBminiSBmini member
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    JCBride2014 said:
    Ugh, awful service.  What a rude guy.

    I'm actually on the fence about taking Fi's name because it is also very hard to spell and pronounce.  But I also get annoyed when people make comments about it.  You can't help that your name is ethnic-sounding!
    I was on the fence too. When we had been together for a LONG time he asked me if I was going to take it. I told him I didn't know and he got upset. I let him know that with a name like his, he needs to bring this up WAY sooner if it is important to him.

    I've decided to take it just for simplicity purposes- same name for the whole family, that thing. That said, his mom never took his dad's last name. Her name is gorgeous and only about 8 letters long. I suggested we both change our names to hers, but he didn't go for that idea. 
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  • PrettyGirlLostPrettyGirlLost member
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    SBmini said:
    JCBride2014 said:
    Ugh, awful service.  What a rude guy.

    I'm actually on the fence about taking Fi's name because it is also very hard to spell and pronounce.  But I also get annoyed when people make comments about it.  You can't help that your name is ethnic-sounding!
    I was on the fence too. When we had been together for a LONG time he asked me if I was going to take it. I told him I didn't know and he got upset. I let him know that with a name like his, he needs to bring this up WAY sooner if it is important to him.

    I've decided to take it just for simplicity purposes- same name for the whole family, that thing. That said, his mom never took his dad's last name. Her name is gorgeous and only about 8 letters long. I suggested we both change our names to hers, but he didn't go for that idea. 
    Lol, too bad!

    Honestly, when I say your FI's name in my head- at least the way I think it is supposed to be pronounced- it isn't really that bad.

    I think your kids, if you choose to have any, are going to have a ton of problems in school learning to spell their name, having teachers pronounce it correctly, etc.  But that's ok, they will live.  No one can ever pronounce my last name and I'm ok with it ;-)

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  • jdluvr06jdluvr06 member
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    Geesh... Is it rude customer service week or something? Lol. My FI is taking my last name, which is a little strange but I really wanted to keep my last name and he wanted us to have the same name so we compromised.
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  • SBminiSBmini member
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    PrettyGirlLost said:
    SBmini said:
    JCBride2014 said:
    Ugh, awful service.  What a rude guy.

    I'm actually on the fence about taking Fi's name because it is also very hard to spell and pronounce.  But I also get annoyed when people make comments about it.  You can't help that your name is ethnic-sounding!
    I was on the fence too. When we had been together for a LONG time he asked me if I was going to take it. I told him I didn't know and he got upset. I let him know that with a name like his, he needs to bring this up WAY sooner if it is important to him.

    I've decided to take it just for simplicity purposes- same name for the whole family, that thing. That said, his mom never took his dad's last name. Her name is gorgeous and only about 8 letters long. I suggested we both change our names to hers, but he didn't go for that idea. 
    Lol, too bad!

    Honestly, when I say your FI's name in my head- at least the way I think it is supposed to be pronounced- it isn't really that bad.

    I think your kids, if you choose to have any, are going to have a ton of problems in school learning to spell their name, having teachers pronounce it correctly, etc.  But that's ok, they will live.  No one can ever pronounce my last name and I'm ok with it ;-)
    Thankfully it is phonetic, but people just get scared when they see it and try to make it harder than it is. My fiance actually got punished in kindergarten for not being able to spell his last name. I wish I were kidding.
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  • climbingsingleclimbingsingle member
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    What an ass. 
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  • JCbride2015JCbride2015 member
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    SBmini said:
    JCBride2014 said:
    Ugh, awful service.  What a rude guy.

    I'm actually on the fence about taking Fi's name because it is also very hard to spell and pronounce.  But I also get annoyed when people make comments about it.  You can't help that your name is ethnic-sounding!
    I was on the fence too. When we had been together for a LONG time he asked me if I was going to take it. I told him I didn't know and he got upset. I let him know that with a name like his, he needs to bring this up WAY sooner if it is important to him.

    I've decided to take it just for simplicity purposes- same name for the whole family, that thing. That said, his mom never took his dad's last name. Her name is gorgeous and only about 8 letters long. I suggested we both change our names to hers, but he didn't go for that idea. 
    Haha.  I would LOVE for Fi and I to both choose some family name that is pretty, easy to spell, and can be the same for both of us.  His first name and my last name sound perfect together: so perfect, it's actually the name of the protagonist of one of our favorite TV shows.  His mom's maiden name is beautiful; Italian like his dad's, but much more common and easy to spell.

    Fi made the mistake of mentioning to his dad that I was considering not taking his name or changing both, and his dad got all butthurt about it.  They are fiercely proud of that name.
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  • jenna8984jenna8984 member
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    That is pretty rude. I would have scared him and said I am very offended- get me your manager! Let him sweat and apologize, then say I'm just F-ing with you man.

    My friend married a man from Romania so it took me a while just to pronounce it properly, nevermind spell it. She used to let me use her gym membership because no one ever checked. One morning the kid at the desk actually checked and knew it wasn't me (picture on the ID) so just to be funny he said "Hey what's your last name?" I answered. He said "How do you spell that?" And I said "S-T-O- uuummm- I just got married I don't remember". He knew I was lyng but he laughed and let me in anyways :)

                                                                     

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  • SBminiSBmini member
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    For some reason, it only started to bother me after I hung up. But I complained on Twitter and they reported it to the guy's manager.

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  • thisismynickname2thisismynickname2 member
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    Hah, just yesterday a coworker asked me if I was getting a name that's "shorter and easier to spell" than mine. FI's name is shorter, but no less easier to spell or pronounce!  I always joke, "Well, I wanted to marry a Smith but it just didn't work out!"

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  • PrettyGirlLostPrettyGirlLost member
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    SBmini said:
    PrettyGirlLost said:
    SBmini said:
    JCBride2014 said:
    Ugh, awful service.  What a rude guy.

    I'm actually on the fence about taking Fi's name because it is also very hard to spell and pronounce.  But I also get annoyed when people make comments about it.  You can't help that your name is ethnic-sounding!
    I was on the fence too. When we had been together for a LONG time he asked me if I was going to take it. I told him I didn't know and he got upset. I let him know that with a name like his, he needs to bring this up WAY sooner if it is important to him.

    I've decided to take it just for simplicity purposes- same name for the whole family, that thing. That said, his mom never took his dad's last name. Her name is gorgeous and only about 8 letters long. I suggested we both change our names to hers, but he didn't go for that idea. 
    Lol, too bad!

    Honestly, when I say your FI's name in my head- at least the way I think it is supposed to be pronounced- it isn't really that bad.

    I think your kids, if you choose to have any, are going to have a ton of problems in school learning to spell their name, having teachers pronounce it correctly, etc.  But that's ok, they will live.  No one can ever pronounce my last name and I'm ok with it ;-)
    Thankfully it is phonetic, but people just get scared when they see it and try to make it harder than it is. My fiance actually got punished in kindergarten for not being able to spell his last name. I wish I were kidding.
    Oh good lord ><

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  • NavyBlue143NavyBlue143 member
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    Whattadouche.

    My last name is 5 letters. 5. People add extra letters and syllables to it. It's like if my name was spelled Smithe, I could understand pronouncing it two different ways, but not why you would say Smithers or Smithereens or Smithfield.

    Despite that, I refused to change to Johnson when I got married. I like my last name, and aside from my baby birthing hips, it's about the only clue I'm Hispanic since I look like my Scotch/ Irish mom.
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  • SBminiSBmini member
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    I'm starting to think the universe is trying to tell me something. I booked dance lessons and when I gave the woman his last name she said, "Oh my goodness, that is quite a name! Are you planning on taking it?"

    Well... I was.... I did just tell my fiance how nice my name sounds with his mom's last name. He's still not a fan of the idea, though. 
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  • firebabe6519firebabe6519 member
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    FiancB said:

    Ha. Yeah, rude. Although I feel your pain- I am going from a really easy 4 letter last name that is a word to a long Polish monstrosity. It's actually not that difficult to spell if people would just use common sense, but people's eyes glaze over with names that are 4 syllables and foreign sounding I guess. 


    What does a Polish bride get on her wedding night that's long and hard?
    A new name.

    Ba-da bum!
    Yay for Polish names! My name is also an easy 4 letters, but FI's is crazy.

    I do plan to take his name though. FI's grandpa (mom's side) wants us to name none of our potential male heirs with his last name though. Apparently he doesn't want his line to die off because he only had sisters and never was given a son.
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