Today, I'm travelling to England for an important meeting. I'm Norwegian, and my name is Bård. I have to introduce myself as "bored" the whole day, because that's how my name is pronounced. FML
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Today, I was called in over speakers at the airport. The man who was speaking clearly and nearly burst out laughing when he said my name. Soon, a few people around also snickered when they heard it. I had to wait five minutes before I could casually stand up. My last name is Bastard. FML
Today, I flew to England to visit my boyfriend, who has been working there for the past three months. I went to his hotel and waited for him; he never showed up. I called one of his colleagues to ask him what was going on. He had no idea what I was talking about. FML
Today, it was my first day at a new workplace. During introductions, I nervously tripped over my words and introduced myself as "Fork." My real name is Frank. My coworkers thought it was too funny to correct. Looks like I’m stuck with "Fork" for the foreseeable future. FML
Today, I was verbally abused by a tourist because neither I nor anyone else in my country can speak "proper English". We're in England - clue's in the name, dipshit. FML
Today, my boss selected me to be the company representative at an important meeting in Portland with one of our biggest clients. I was thrilled, until I realized he hadn't said anything about my plane ticket or hotel reservation. He later told me that I'll need to acquire those things myself. FML
Today, I was so nervous introducing myself to my new team, I actually mispronounced my own name, badly, and now that’s how everyone refers to me, but again, I’m too nervous to correct anyone. It’s been a week already, so correcting them now would be extra weird. FML
Today, I was in a work meeting because our clientele is unhappy with our service. I was in there because I don't correct our customers when they get my name wrong. My name is Blane, but "Blair", "Blake", "Lane", and "Glenn" got rave reviews. No one picked up on this. I hate my job. FML
Today, after being with the company for over 3 years, I realised nobody really knows my name. This was after my boss was walking around a new staff member and couldn't introduce me. Neither could my colleague, who's been sitting next to me for the last 6 months. FML
Today, I unexpectedly ran into my boss. Last week, I'd met with him every day, putting together a last-minute presentation of my research for him to deliver at conference overseas. It turns out that his passport had expired. FML
Today, I had the Monday meeting that I have had every week for 8 months. We had new people joining today. One of my bosses went around the room introducing people, and he forgot my name. I've been sitting across from him with a nametag for 8 months. FML
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callmecourtney 3
"May name is Bård." Problem solved.
GFLiE 0
So then why didn't your parents consider Mandarin Chinese? Or why won't you consider Mandarin when naming your children, #27?
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farmgirl 3
Just throw your last name in right away too. Problem solved.
marc_with_a_c 3
Bored, Board, or heck since people will probably call you Bard, just introduce yourself as Bard.. but don't be surprised if people want you to play them a song or tell stories ;p
bananapajama 0
after the first two sentences i thought this would be about shakespeare. Screw how you rponounce it, most english speakers will probably never say it right anyways. Introduce yourself as "the bard"
AntiChrist7 0
Aren't we all Bård sometimes?
ColdGold 6
My name is, "Bored Silly."
skrufsterk 0
Hahaha, eid! xD Just say your name is Bard, like someone over me said. That works, problem solved!
Sparkey 0
Here in Holland we have people called Fokje, which is pronounced Fock ye. There's always someone worse off!
snugsack 0
Awww Fokje defo sounds worse. I wouldn't like to be called that :/
Kirkebrennern 1
Win!
Leprecon 3
There is also the dutch family name "kok" which sounds pretty much thesame as **** in English.
snugsack 0
Lol my ex's last name was Cocklin
Dalla_fml 0
Oh hello, I'm Kok, Fokje Kok.
Jernau_Gurgeh 0
Dick **** is a perfectly valid Dutch name, except that it sounds a little old-fashioned, and it understandably went out of fashion in a big way when English became more well-known in the country.
Shorty_xD 0
You could have been named Even or Odd. That would have been worse. lol But yea, Norwegian names sucks. Mines sounds like some sort of rectal infection in English. That's a lot worse that Bård. Trust me on this!
pearls 0
Just say "my name is Bård" instead of "I am Bård". Or you could just make a joke out of it and lighten the mood! It's cool :)