baguette
Minden, Germany
Today, I've been living in Germany for several weeks now. My classmates still cannot pronounce my name: Clémence. Instead they call me, “Baguette.” FML
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Lyshandra 8
Aww just call them "Brötchen" as a comeback, it is like little loafs of Bread. =) Or "Wurst"
Boobadoowupski 5
Something tells me this isn't a case of them not being able to...
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Lyshandra 8
Aww just call them "Brötchen" as a comeback, it is like little loafs of Bread. =) Or "Wurst"
pantsmaster 6
Or just call them kraut.
Boobadoowupski 5
Something tells me this isn't a case of them not being able to...
Emyka 26
Clemens (the german version of your name) is pronounced quite similar, I highly doubt it is a matter of not being able to. I agree with #1, call them german food items of your choice in return.
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
My name is Wafaa and when I was living in Germany, they used to call me "Waffel" which means "Waffle" in English. And guess what happened when I moved to an English speaking country... -_-
yerawizardlizzy 27
There is no W sound in German, but they shouldn't have called you that.
askullnamedbilly 33
As a German: Was? Wie? Wovon redest du? (What? How? What are you talking about?) Of course Germans have a W-sound. It's not a matter of people being unable to pronounce certain things anyway, it's a matter of people ******* with you.
yerawizardlizzy 27
You pronounce it with a W sound as in water? Because I was taught Ws are a V sound as in violin.
interesting33 37
A W is pronounced like a v - so waffles is pronounced Vaffeln.
Suaria 38
Wienerschnitzel which is pronounced with a v instead of a w could be an example of the German language changing a w into a v sound.
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
Yes lots of them would pronunce my name "Vafaa". Still had a good laugh over it though :)
yerawizardlizzy 27
That's what I was originally getting at. Guess I didn't articulate it well enough.
CiaphasCain2 20
Dude, thats austrian german- which is actually an independent dialect. Second off, the W in Wien (Vienna) is NOT pronounced like a V; if the was the case it would sound like 'Fien'.
ulissey_fml 22
Since they are behaving like ****, call them "tétons" and just pretend this is how "teutons "is pronounced. I also think your name is a lot easier to say than they Clem it to be.
Colon_Man 17
Maybe it's cuz you're so cute that they would rather nickname you after a cute... something. *I have no idea what a baguette is. I hope it's not some kind of fish.
Kailayla 29
It's the long loafs of bread that are typically French.
HelenErutherford 18
bread, baguettes are a typ of bread
Slavgaard 16
Could be worse... your name could be Squirrel ....
Cali 57
Eichhörnchen! That was one of my faves in German class! I also liked verschwinden. German is fun.
davek 36
Omelette du fromage
HeroSpence 7
Cheer up Baguette! It could've been worse.
Suaria 38
One of my friends has the same name as you but they go by Charlie. You could start calling them by German food names such as Bratwurst.