Mispronouncing Student’s Name Now a ‘Microaggression’

Breitbart ^ | September 22, 2016 | Susan Berry

[wbill]

Yup, I’ve been waiting for this one. “ A’Shin’quil’lia “ just needed to hit age 18 and become an official college-aged snowflake.

[DoodleDawg]

Then my sister Siobhan has been micro-aggressed for years. Who knew?

[Political Junkie Too]

we all called him “Professor A to Z!

This guy?

-PJ

[ken in texas]

we all called him “Professor A to Z!”

Met and exchanged business cards with a guy whose name had a substantial portion of the characters in the alphabet. He pronounced his name for me, grinned, and said "Call me George".

[HandyDandy]

And let us not forget that “the swimmer” also spoke of Mike McGuire and Sammy Sousa.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Oh for the love of algore.

My name, while simple in English, is not one that is easy to pronounce in other languages. My name has been mispronounced on 4 continents. I used to joke that I was going to change my name to "and their daughter" because that was how I was commonly referred to on official occasions.

I answered to a variety of mispronunciations of my name and never felt "microagressed". They were nice people who were trying their hardest to make me feel welcome and accepted. How can you resent that?

[Lizavetta]

You’ve noticed that too?

[samtheman]

If I were a teacher I’d change my name to Mister Mxyzptlk, and give everyone an F who doesn’t pronounce it right.

[Pollster1]

I can’t wait to use that sentence, in writing and speech.

Feel free to plagiarize - without attribution preferred but that part is your choice.

[GingisK]

OK. Hey YOU there!

[Ellendra]

At my last job, she was a customer. Any agent who called her got screamed at if they didn’t pronounce her name right.

Then she complained because no one told her her phone contract was about to expire.

[thesligoduffyflynns]

true but he’s more that a “racist anti-American POTUS”

& if I say anymore I would probably be banned.

I have choice words

[BatGuano]

Thank you!
Bat

[MeanWestTexan]

"It's Franken-STEEN, not Franken-STINE."

[No_More_Harkin]

or we beat them to it.

[minnesota_bound]

29 Most Ridiculous Celebrity Baby Names of All Time
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/slideshows/17-most-ridiculous-celebrity-baby-names/

American Baby Names Are Somehow Getting Even Worse
http://deadspin.com/5924827/american-baby-names-are-somehow-getting-even-worse

[RC one]

I believe it. I deal with this kind of thing pretty regularly where I work and have seen similarly ridiculous names.

[wildbill]

What happens if you get tired of all the snowflake reproaches and say, “F off. I don’t have time for this”

If I was back in college, I’d stand up at the beginning of every class and say, “Now are these all the words I can’t say lest I offend somebody. I’ve deleted all the words that my Mama taught me to eschew, such as the N word, but let’s get the list right and up to date. Now who has another word I missed and I’ll put it on the list.?”

After the snowflakes have scattered to their safe spaces, maybe I could get to the education I’m entitled to as a student.

[wildbill]

Anyone remember Mr. Mxyzptlk? I went to Google and found Wikipedia has this and believe it or not, a pronunciation guide. Mister Mxyzptlk (/mɪksˈjɛzpɪtlɪk/ US dict: mĭks·yĕz′·pĭt·lĭk /ˈmɪksɪlplɪk/ or /mɪksˈjɛzpɪtəlɪk/), sometimes called Mxy, is a fictional impish supervillain, sometimes antihero, who appears in DC Comics' Superman comic books. And there is a YouTube on the pronunciation--but it seems to have several variations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuRqVg6tHcE You can't make this stuff up.

[BBell]

That is classic Key & Peele