Your name

[Saltyk]

Liam? Like Liam Neeson? Seems like a fine name to me.

 

[Blow_Pop]

*looks at her name* yeah....i came home in tears more than once from being teased about my name(and yes my name is legally april)

 

[allmadeup]

My name is Leon, and people often mispronounce my name as Liam. Annoying, as Liam is a terrible, terrible name. (I kid, I kid!)

 

[mental_looney]

Liam is a good name pretty common in the uk and ireland and as another shortening of william.
Your teacher just sounds a bit special.

My name is Rebecca, no h or k, people trying to pronounce it as if they were there can be bad or once rebEAka with a bea like beaker in the middle -.-

 

[Scarim Coral]

My real name is Richard so I got the whole Dick name problem however this only started in High School by my friends. I glad I'm not friend with them anymore.

 

[Delsana]

My name is Liam (LEE-YUM). I'm white and I go to a primarily black school. I fit in pretty well, but recently a teacher couldn't pronounce my name. She'd call me Lam or Laim or Leem. I didn't care about that. That's her issue and it's minor at most. But since then I've had kids come up to me and just say "Your name is (insert offensive slur here)." No laughing, etc. Just saying it to be a dick. I don't know why this makes me feel so insecure, but it just gets me in the right way. Call me fat, that's fine, I could go on a diet and change that. Call me stupid, I could go read a few books and pay attention in class. I never take insults that seriously. Call my name retarded, stupid, gay? Not cool. I can't change it and I don't fucking want to. But for some lame reason I care about what they say. So if you've read so far, I thank you and here are my questions.

Is the name Liam dumb to you?
Have you ever been made fun of because of your name? How did you handle it?

Thank you for reading.

My last name, yes.

The public education system is filled with the most abhorent slime who contrary to belief will not fail at life.

 

[Kekkles]

I know a few russians that can't pronounce my name - calling me 'Corner' instead of Connor. Though I find it difficult to properly pronounce their names correctly so I guess it's normal, worldwide.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

I have a slightly unusual first name (Brant), so far from being given a hard time about it I've endured a life where absolutely no one ever remembers it or hears it correctly. Even my girlfriend's mother was calling me Brent after knowing me for 6 years. My co-workers sometimes call me Bryant after working with me for half a decade. I've had Frank, Brad, Brett, Grant, Barry, Ryan, and even "Burn" offered up to me by clients. But most of of them just call me Brian. "Thanks Brian!" they'll write, right above my email signature, which clearly says Brant.

It used to bug me, a long time ago. Now I just greet it with a certain weary indifference.

 

[Arjen Ab]

Not a whole lot of people have a problem with my first name Arjen although some pronounce Arjan.
As for the last name even computer systems discrimenate against that. It's A.B. and no it's not short for something

 

[StBishop]

Ashley.

I'm a guy.

I'm that awesome.

(Although Americans seem to think it's a chick name for some reason).

Incidently, I have friend named Liam, and he's had the same problems with Americans who can't seem to pronounce it correctly.

Australian here.

I've known only 2 males called Ashley. Both gay.

It's a girls name.


OT: I knew a Liam, he was a cool guy. His dad slept through Cyclone Tracy under a ute (truck for Americans), he was a car nut and handed me the first bullet I ever saw. He was pretty bad ass.

Unfortunately I'm not in contact with him as I moved away at age 11 and wasn't smart enough to keep in contact, he also doesn't appear to use social media.

Also, OP. did they say things such as "Your name is shit." and "Your name is bad." or were they saying things like "Your name is arse-face.", "Your name is loser-fuck."
ie. Saying your name was something else, which is pejorative, or saying that your name was a bad name?

I used to get picked on a lot for my name, My name is Troy Dick, not dick as in short for Richard, not Dickens or anything like that just Dick.

Hilarity then ensues.

Your name should have been Hugh (name which gives the initial G) Dick.

Huge G Dick.

 

[Almgandi]

Ashley.

I'm a guy.

I'm that awesome.

(Although Americans seem to think it's a chick name for some reason).

Incidently, I have friend named Liam, and he's had the same problems with Americans who can't seem to pronounce it correctly.

The only way your name would be more awesome would be if you were called Leslie.

I have always had similar problems with my name. I'm called Nathan (from England) and pretty much lived my whole life in Germany and up to now only one of my English teachers was able to pronounce my Name correctly

 

[Riff Moonraker]

My name is Liam (LEE-YUM). I'm white and I go to a primarily black school. I fit in pretty well, but recently a teacher couldn't pronounce my name. She'd call me Lam or Laim or Leem. I didn't care about that. That's her issue and it's minor at most. But since then I've had kids come up to me and just say "Your name is (insert offensive slur here)." No laughing, etc. Just saying it to be a dick. I don't know why this makes me feel so insecure, but it just gets me in the right way. Call me fat, that's fine, I could go on a diet and change that. Call me stupid, I could go read a few books and pay attention in class. I never take insults that seriously. Call my name retarded, stupid, gay? Not cool. I can't change it and I don't fucking want to. But for some lame reason I care about what they say. So if you've read so far, I thank you and here are my questions.

Is the name Liam dumb to you?
Have you ever been made fun of because of your name? How did you handle it?

Thank you for reading.

I hate to say it, but part of your problem is answered in your first sentence. With all the flash mobs and everything else going on in this country, I can definitely see where you might have some that would come up and give you problems because you are white.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

i have the same name as you, only mine has accessories (the 'Wil' part). i've never gotten any shit for it, but i get really shit willy jokes that are only annoying because nobody can come up with anything new after three years.

i also get called malcolm... i dont know why...

 

[C95J]

My name is Callum, not a very common name but I like it.

 

[Rock 'n' Soul]

You'll be OK. Your name isn't stupid at all. My brothers name is Nesbitt Jett. Want to talk about getting made fun of? He had a hell of a time. Eventually, you'll have more of an option to choose who you surround yourself and you won't find that problem anymore. Just remember, people that go out of your way to hurt you and have a laugh at your expense aren't worth your time nor are they worth the mental effort to worry about their insults.

Just ignore them, and try to make the best of it for now. You'll find you enjoy having a not so common name when you get a little older.

 

[Azaradel]

Liam's a fine name, bro.

I got picked on for my name from the age of seven to the age of sixteen - because apparently, it's not ok to have an atypical spelling of a very common name. Being named Sarah rather than the typically Swedish Sara, I got renamed Sahara by just about every person I ever went to school with. Seriously, I had people follow me around yelling "SA-HA-RA ÖKEEEEN!!!" ("öken" being the Swedish word for "desert").

I fucking hate people...

Seriously, though, the only thing you really can do is to ignore it.

Or take martial arts lessons and beat the crap out of the little pricks.
Uh... No, don't do that... Sorry... Still a bit bitter.

 

[rokkolpo]

Liam sounds good, nothing wrong with it.

I've obviously been ridiculed with Rick because well damn, rhymes with dick (or ''pik'' which is dick but in Dutch, which I am)
This was all of course in elementary school.

Otherwise no ridicule.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Ashley.

I'm a guy.

I'm that awesome.

(Although Americans seem to think it's a chick name for some reason).

Incidently, I have friend named Liam, and he's had the same problems with Americans who can't seem to pronounce it correctly.

Well you share the name of Bruce Campbell's character in Evil Dead so I think that makes you more awesome.

Well, I'm Nathaniel. I'd rather have a BAD ASS name like Lion or Ashley, but Nathaniel if fine.

Ashley.

I'm a guy.

I'm that awesome.

(Although Americans seem to think it's a chick name for some reason).

Thank our movies for that, all action films set a name limit for some reason over here.

Ashley Williams of Evil Dead is one of the most Badass heroes I know of.

I'm also a badass.

>_>

<__>

Who said I wasn't?

could be worse, they coulda named you Sue XD

OT:
William >.> i got no hate for it

 

[Connor Lonske]

Um. I'm not sure what to put here.

Oh, and that sucks OP.

 

[hyker]

my name is Jandás Bence (Bence is my first name, we reverse it in hungary)
the first one to reply with a right pronounciation gets an imaginary cookie from me