>>>My simple name not only gets mispronounced all the time (and not only here in Canada but also in my home country, Argentina) but also misspelled a lot, normally as Ranae here in Canada, and Ramea in Argentina, and mine is only 5 letters long!
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>>About the name, you just had to have an H in it, eh? The most misused and abused character in the alphabet. The percentage of cases when it's pronounced directly (as in "he") is probably in single digits. Maybe spellt as "Jugo" would be less ambiguous in Arhentina? But then you'd have more trouble in Canadah and Americah.
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>Not necessarily, I used to work with a guy who's name was spelled 'Jorge' but pronounced it 'George' and would get MOST upset if someone pronounced it 'hor-hay'. Unfortunately, here in Central Texas, a lot of people pronounced it 'hor-hay'.

My favorite story along these lines comes from my husband. He once encountered a Mrs. DeJesus. He, of course, pronounced it "day-hay-ZEUS." The woman replied indignantly "It's dee-GEE-zus."

Tamar