Neapolitan Whoopie Pies
I love my name. I do. I truly adore it. But–my name has been an issue my entire life.
It’s Kristan. As in…KristAN.
Pronounced like KristANIMAL, minus the -imal part.
Over the past 31 years, I’ve been called Kristen, Christina, Kristy-anne and Kristy.
My third grade teacher called me Christian (prounounced ChrisJen) for the entire school year. And honestly, I thought about correcting her…but, you know how every grade has that one super mean teacher? Well, she was it.
So I was Christian.
People have even asked me if they could just call me Kris, which is totally rude in my opinion. I mean helloooo, nicknames are cute and fun. Kris is a just whole different name. That’s like me asking someone named Rachel if I can call her Jimmy.
Okay, maybe it’s not JUST like that, but you get my point. My point being that if you ask if you can call me Kris, you will be my mortal enemy until the end of days.
Meeting new people is always an issue because they can never get my name right on the first try. So there’s always this awkward fake laugh and “did I say it right?” thing that goes for about five minutes before things are finally settled.
And then the next 3 or 4 times that I see that person, they feel the need to resay my name to me ( like I don’t already know it) with an extra emphasis on the AN, to show me that they remembered how to say it right.
It’s awkward. I mean, what am I supposed to do, congratulate them? That hardly seems fair to me. Susans or Debbies don’t have to deal with this mess, that’s for sure.
I’m thinking of having some ribbons made up that say Said KristAN Right! 1st Place and just hand them to someone the next time they do that. It’s obvious it’s what they want, anyhow.
Sigh.
There’s been a few times that I actually didn’t correct someone when they first called me Kristen because I didn’t want to go through the whole Yay!!1st Place!! thing, but then it totally snowballs because someone who knows me HEARS that person calling me Kristen or Christina and says, “Why are you calling her that? Her name’s KristAN” and then it’s all weird because they’ve been saying it wrong for 6 months.
So then they feel like they don’t even know me anymore and I have to explain that I don’t have a problem with confrontation, it’s just that anytime I correct someone, I feel obligated to apologize and/or point out some flaw about myself to even things out. So it’s just easier to go by the wrong name.
It’s actually quite exhausting and probably responsible for all of my maladies including my Fruit Roll-Up addiction and the fact that I put ice in my wine and steal my husband’s socks.
Also, I just worked malady into a food blog post, which has got to be worth at least fifty bucks.
In other news, my son loves Neapolitan ice cream sandwiches, so I thought it would be fun to make Neapolitan Whoopie Pies.
So I did.
(click here for printable recipe)
INGREDIENTS
1 box Devil’s Food cake mix
3 eggs
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Preheat oven to 400. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Mix cake mix, eggs, water and oil in a large mixing bowl on medium speed until fully combined. Drop batter by the heaping tablespoonful on prepared baking sheet and bake for about 8 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched. Batter spreads quite a bit while baking, so don’t make them too big.
Remove to a wire baking sheet to cool.
Filling:
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
7 oz jar marshmallow creme
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar
A few Tablespoons corn syrup, if needed
1/4 teaspoon strawberry extract
Few drops of pink food coloring
1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
In the bowl of a mixer, combine butter, shortening, vanilla and marshmallow creme. Beat on medium speed until smooth and combined. Add powdered sugar and beat on low until just combined. Scrape sides of bowl and increase speed to high and beat for about a minute. Thin with corn syrup, if needed.
Divide the filling in three bowls. Add pink coloring and strawberry extract to one bowl and stir in. Melt chocolate chips in the microwave and stir into another bowl of filling. Leave the last bowl plain. Spoon filling onto the flat side of half of the cookies, spreading slightly. Strawberry and chocolate go on the ends and vanilla in the middle. Top with the rest of the cookies, pressing down slightly.
**Makes about 20 Whoopie Pies
After I made these, my baby boy came up to me and said, “Are these my favorite ice cream sandwiches?” and I said, “No!! Guess what?! They’re whoopie pies!! Want one?”
And he said “no” and went back to pretending to be a ninja. And then I died a little inside.
I hope you have a wonderful day!!
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Omg I feel your pain with the name thing! My name is Turkish/Arabic and people are always confused when I first say my name, like they heard it wrong.
Also, I LOVE the way you just casually threw in the neapolitan whoopie pies at the end. You're hilarious :)
I can totally relate! My name is Karis, pronounced like Paris, and people call me Carrie, Chris, Car-is, Carissa…I could go on. To make it worse, I married a man named Chris. People get confused, who's the boy, who's the girl? Really, does Karis sound like a man's name? Apparently, it does :(
I love so much about this post. First of all, I love your telling of your son's response to these new treats. I love that he was playing a ninja. My name is Sharlee and I get everything (Charlie, Charlene, Sharlene, Charlotte, and most frequently Shar Lee…which is usually fine.)The spelling part is really tricky with people, too. AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND apologizing or pointing out your own flaws when correcting someone. Why is it that?
No one ever gets my name right either. It's like they can't believe it's really my name cuz I'm a girl. They change it to KAri or Lori thinking maybe I misspelled my own name. Nope… sorry… I'm Kori and I'm a girl. :)
Oh… an my son wants to be a ninja too. But we don't have to make throwing stars. Whew!
Sounds identical to my 6 year old boy! I think he might absolutely love something and nope, he won't try it! Boys are funny that way!
I definitely understand the name thing. My name's Tara, said Tare-ah, but I get called Tar-ah alllll the time. Sometimes I just go with it and take on a whole new Tar-ah persona, surely Tar-ah has no flaws, right.
These look yummy! I am a (fairly) recent follower and I love your blog! Thanks for the entertainment and great recipes. I made your chewy peanut butter bars last week and I'm making your cookie brownie cupcakes for a tailgate this weekend!
I shall call these NeapolitAN(imal) whoopie pies in your honor.
I love to read your posts because the recipes are easy and inventive and your writing is engaging. That's a winning combination!
Your hilarious Krist-An! You're amazing… I will keep on saying it… It's my second time commenting on your blog!!! I am addicted to your blog, you're so funny! You truly make my day! Every dessert you post are delish!!! Unfortunately I am trying to lose some weight, or else I would be baking all your recipes.
I know how you feel about the name thing! I am Cambodian and my name is Sopheavy… So heard so many combination of horrible sound coming out peoples mouth, when they try to say it. The worst is my math teacher in high school, that called me So-Heavy! I wanted to hide under my table! So that's why when I meet new people. I tell them to call me Sophie.
Thanks again for the late night laugh!!!
Love,
SOPHIE ;)
well now I am going to call you Kristanimal. And you can't be mad because you brought it upon yourself AND it is a cute nickname!
Maybe I will abreviate it KAnimal. Ar K-An.
Oh the options!!
:D
i know how you feel! people pronounce my name correctly but spell it wrong! i correct someone the 1st time, but the 2nd time i'm mean. and god help you if you spell it wrong a 3rd time.
seriously. lindsAy doesn't even make sense so stop spelling my name that way…
Hahaha love your story. And when you miss the timing to correct someone, there's no returning! lovely whoopie pies :)
I am so with you about names. People tend to have trouble with my name, and add my accent to it and it is a recipe for disaster. I don't know how many times Starbucks has written the name Phyllis on my cup after asking me my name. I think having one of your Neapolitan Whoopie Pies would make me feel much better.
I feel like this is a everyone says name wrong support group! I I love it! I went from a Jones to a Haymes when I got married and even when I spell it out and say m like marry not n they still spell and say it wrong! Geez! We had a Halloween party this year and all the men dressed up as ninjas! Love your blog as usual!
Actually my name is simple, but people still try to substitute Susie or Susan, and that is not my name.
LOVE the fun whoopie pies!
And I thought I had it rough when people called me "Kris" or spelled my name wrong. I am and "i" not and "e". I feel your pain KristAN…and all of you above! :)
If it makes you feel better, I'm spelled like people pronounce your name incorrectly and MY name is pronounced incorrectly all the time too. Kristene or Christian is usually what I'm called :)
i'm emily, and everyone calls me em, except, really, i hate being called that. my hubby is david who hates being called dave. but, again, too polite to correct people.
people also call me "evelyn" and i have no idea where that comes from.
i sorta feel you.
also, gorgeous cakes!
I can't really relate because people don't mispronounce Amanda, but I have a visceral reaction when they ask to call me Mandy. Not a fan of that, ha! These look super yummy :)
Yum! What a great dessert. I can't wait to try!
I'm just your basic Christina, one who's grown up equally a Chrissie and a Chris… and I've never understood how people STILL manage to mispronounce or butcher my name(s). Christy, Christine, Christiana, Kristen, etc. When I was a kid, one woman told me her daughter was also Christina and they only called her Tina, and tried to start calling me TINA! Then she actually got annoyed when I was "ignoring her". My friends and I were all wondering why she was shouting… she might as well have been calling me Jimmy – LOL! Fortunately, I had the type of Mom who politely straightened her out. ;)
I totally relate to the name thing. My name is Arbine, pronounced Ar-bin. The e is silent. It's a combination of my parents' names, Arleene and Rubin. Oh – and I love your blog. :)
I could help you eat them… hehe. Could I be your adopted daughter or niece or something? :D
When I lived in Scotland, I had a similar issue. People there were confused as to how they had to pronounce my name (It's Siti Sumaiyyah Al-Abidah, and that doesn't include my Dad's name). In Malaysia I'm usually called Sumaiyyah, but there we settled with Siti (C.T.) It's ok but 'Siti' is just like the handle, and 'Sumaiyyah' is the cup, if you get what I mean. And there are like 6 out of 10 people in Malaysia with Siti in their names (I just made up that number, but it's probably true). Oh, well.
I know how you feel… except opposite. Lol.
The problem is that people who see my name before hearing my name pronounce it EXACTLY how's it's spelled. Which, I can't blame them for but my mother's intention (and the way I grew up learning then saying it) is pronounced like: "SHAWNTELL".
People say CHAN-TALL.
It's, like, not EVEN close.
I love your name! I remember hearing you say it in the video you made with your son in it. :)
Love those whoopie pies! I've never made chocolate – or neapolitan for that matter. I really need to try them with ice cream STAT.
Have a good week Kristan!
so.dang.cute. love these! and i can't even imagine how often your name gets mispronounced!
My name is Andrea and whenever someone reads it they ask "Is it ON-drea? or An-DRAY-a?" But nope, it's just ANN-dree-a.
I hate correcting people too. I do it the first (awkward) time and then I just smile politely and answer to someone else's name!! haha :)
Haha oh boy! Doesn't seem like your name should be that hard:-) These whoopie pies look delish!
People are pretty rude when it comes to names. I get called Katie all the time and I hate it. Or I get asked what my real name is…uhhh, it's Kathie. I know some people change the spelling of their names, but Kathie is it for me. Not Kathryn, Katherine or Kathleen. Even better is when a blogger sees my name and types Kathy in the comments!!!
Anyhoo-the pies sound really good.
KristAN, you are so flippin' hilarious! I love you. Cute/funny story… and these look to die for!
Like others before me – just know you're not alone! I'm Kris-tin, but I ALWAYS get Christine, Christian, Christy, all of it. It doesn't matter if your name is all that common or not, if you're not Debbie or Susan, people are gonna screw it all up! My biggest pet peeve is people sending me email at work and spelling it wrong. It's RIGHT THERE in the 'To' line… just LOOK! Ugh! Let it out, sister, we're listening!
they look delicious to ME! :) I loved hearing about your son's reaction though – less then enthusiastic, huh?! ;) KIDS! Out of the mouths of babes for sure!
I can't wait to try these – they look so yummy and cute!!!
That was SO funny! I love the idea of whoopie pies and I understand about pronouncing things – don't get me started on how to pronounce Bruschetta….
I I have a plain 'ol name, so that's not an issue, but you made a potentially awkward thing a hilarious blog!
Thanks for my morning chuckle!
I have a few friends named kristan..maybe an australian thing? but i dont think so? And just so I feel included, people I have known for years still spell my name rachAel.. that is a ridiculous way to say/spell it (sorry to any one if thats your name- not a personal attack but my god its frustrating!) also I put ice in my wine and im not changing that habit any time soon..also also i made rolo brownies last night -yum!
kristanimal!! love.
it's your fault.
plus, neopoliTAN whoopie pies…good one ;)
I got a good giggle out of this post.. mostly because I can completely relate- I'm Evan and I'm a girl..so I get Erin, E-von and Heather? People can't grasp that my name is a boys name and then they usually throw a "why would your mom do that?" rude. What's not rude are these whoopie pies.. they look delicious!
"like KristANIMAL, minus the -imal part."….hahaha!
I actually LOVE saying your name! My boys know "KristAN" and that she is funny and makes cool stuff…like these whoopie pies!
Hilarious, I feel your pain except with my last name. It's Bond…as in… so my entire life I've been known as "Like James" so not LOL, but I kind of just expect it now and usually try to beat the person to the punch with "yes, like James". Also the reason I came was for the Whoopie Pies, which have become the new cupcake, they look yummy! well done :)
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I can sympathize with you as well. My name is Diana and I always get Diane. Ick! Diane is so blunt and final. Diana has a bit of a ring to it! I always have to day 'no Diana – like the princess'!
I totally understand your name pain! My name is Sonya pronounced Sawnya not SO-nya. :) and people spell it wrong all the name too! I get Sonia, Sonja and a few ones that I don't remember. Silly!
Absolutely loved your post. Being a Staci "with an I" my name is always misspelled (and I feel bad correcting too.) and I often get asked what is your real name? This is it. The whole name. My parents liked the "I" and so do I.
Love whoopie pies as well, I am sorry your son wasn't more enthused. Being a ninja IS fun, but whoopee pies are magical. We'll take 2 please :)
Bless your heart! I can relate a little. My name is Aggie….not Abby or Maggie. My last name is Weemes….not Wings. After years of being called the wrong name, I too have come to accept whatever anyone calls me and just smile. The best ever was probably my nephew…when he was little he couldn't quite pronounce my name so he called me "Abby Worms". It stuck and to this day (he's 16) he still calls me that from time to time.
I'm joining in with the name issues! My name is Corinne and it is either mispelled or misprounounced constantly. I also had the teacher issues too… but compounded with the fact that I grew up with a very Hungarian last name. So even if someone got my first name right, they still misprounounced my last name. It didn't get easier when I got married either – our last name is still mispronounced, even by my in-laws!
I love that you made the whoopie pies for your son and he didn't want them. I go through that all the time with my 3 year old… "Nope, not for me," he says, after I made him something he was dying to have.
Love your blog! I love how you tell a story, and your recipes are so yummy!
I want to make these for my neighbors. How would you wrap them to give them to someone? Since it's cake, should they each be wrapped individually with wax paper or something – before putting them in a container? Do you keep yours on the counter or in the refrigerator?
You had a mean teacher, too? Boy, can I identify with that. I made the mistake of putting my full name on a paper once. She latched onto it quickly and called me that hatefully! I've just started like my first name – after 50 years! My middle name is so easy – JOY. How do you get Joyce, Julie, or Joey out of that???
Love your Whoopie pies, Kristan!
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Everyone gets my name wrong too. It's Kristi. Not Kristine, not Kris and not Cindy (wth?). Yes, when I answer the phone at work "This is Kristi." I get "Well, hi, Cindy! I have a question . . .: it's obnoxious. And only my little brother is allowed to call me Kris. Everyone else better watch out!
Those whoopie pies look awesome!
You certainly touched a nerve with a lot of people with this post. I've never had my first name mispronounced but last names, both maiden and married…that's a different story.
Love your Whoopie Pies even if your little Ninja could care less about them right now :)
Ya wanna know how I look at it? Your name is as unique & beautiful as you are…always worth remembering, never boring, one of kind.
In my opinion it *fits* and if the name fits…wear it proudly my love! I mean KristAN. :)
I TOTALLY AGREE!!! My name is Kristi and people either ask me what it's short for (HELLO!?!? Kristi is a FULL NAME on it's own), or they call me Kris and I then proceed to attempt to burn a hole through their body with my stare. Kristi works just on its own. It does not need a nickname and Kris is actually a whole new name. And I just hate it so don't call me that!
Also, no one can spell my name right and a lot of people will actually spell it KristiE…I have never understood why you would need to add an "e" after an "i" on the name Kristi. Anyways, I'm sure there are some Kristi's out there who spell their name with an "e" and get mad when people forget it (I should find them and we should be BFFs and confuse everyone around us!).
Oh well, I guess we Kristi/Christy/Christi/Christie/Kristie/Kristy/Krysty/Krysti/Chrysti's will never be satisfied!!
When ever I work somewhere new, they always get my name wrong. Which is funny because my name is printed on my chefs jacket so its very hard to miss.
the whoopie pies look cute, I baked some once but I doubt they where no where near as good as yours.
I seriously love you – is that awkward? I just switched jobs & don't start until the 1st so I have just been reading your blog posts over and over..sad? No. You are hilarious & oh so entertaining! And I'm actually going to try one of your recipes today! After that, I'm sure my boyfriend will love you too :) Thanks for the wonderful read, KristAN! (Yay! 1st place!!)
Your name seems simple to me, just like mine. Yet people just. don't. get. it. Whenever someone sees my nametag at work they're like, (all squinty-eyed) "A-l-i-x?? How do you pronounce that? Is that your real name?" !!! And I had a grade school substitute teacher calling me Alexandria for a whole 2 days and I didn't answer, then got yelled at, and I started crying and said that's not my name! Phew. OK, done ranting now. You understand my pain.
all my life people have messed up my name. it's Manon which is french but the n isn't pronounced. i've heard minnow man-on ma-know…. its awful really. sometimes I wish my parents named me something simpler!
I loved this post so much that I called my mother and read it to her too. We both CRACKED up on the phone together! I can completely relate. My name is CRISTIN. My father chose my name and the spelling and I just love it and don't care at all when people get it wrong. It's from my father and I adored him. Love your posts! Thanks, Cristin
No one ever pronounces my name wrong, they just always call me either Vanessa or Victoria. This usually happens with someone i have only met once. I always thought since my name was less common that it would be easier to remember!
Delish!
And just pop me upside the head if I ever goof your name. I'll understand.
As someone whose name is always mispronounced or misspelled, I totally understand.
However, I was BLOWN AWAY when Glory and Shelly (or is it Shelley? Crap.) told me your name was not Kristen, but KristAN. It was like my whole world flipped upside down. Seriously. So, I just avoided using your name whenever possible. I'm sorry. I just needed a few days to adjust.
Forgiven?
My name is Jeannette. I feel your pain. If someone isn't saying my name wrong (think Janet Gee-nnette or Jennifer) they are ALWAYS spelling it wrong or not calling me by name. No one commits my name to memory because it's apparently too difficult. And to top it off, I either get the whole "hey girl!" when being greeted or people ask me if they can call me Jean. I don't mind nick names one bit but pick one that actually SOUNDS like my name. (Jeh-nnette) /end rant.
I'm glad that I'm not alone in the name rant department ;)
I loved this post. And hello… these look even better than ice cream sandwiches!! They look incredible and I wish I was biting into one right now. I don't have that hard of a name, but I haaate it when people think they can call me Nat (whether we are even friends or not!) and usually they don't even ask. BTW, I love your name!
Fressia… it's lead to Fre-SAY-uh, Fer-EE-zia, FREE-zia, Fret-see-ah… Fritzia, Francis, Francesca, Fernanda.. Kryzia… I dunno… it's supposed to be FRE-see-ah… the way its read in Spanish. And not even because I'm in Miami around a bunch of spanish-speaking people do they get it right (-.-) Sometimes people just give up and call me Strawberry… I sigh in frustration. And the spelling… double s please. PLEASE! Lol, anyway, love your blog, it's hilarious and delicious. I've been secretly stalking you for a few months now. Guess the secret's out now! :O
My husbands' name is KRISTON. People can't wrap their brains around it. They want to call him Kris or Christian-and he is way too nice to correct them. So my rear is always like, "Um yeah, his name is Kris-TON!". What can I say, I feel for you in a round-about way!
Oh my, I can totally relate to you with the name issue! My name is Lesley. So, not only do people pronounce it incorrectly, but they also SPELL it wrong. ugh! Lesley, NOT LESLIE! And it is pronounced like Lez-lee, not Less-lee. My own extended family (aunts, uncles, cousins, etc) doesn't spell it or say it properly. It drives me batty!!!
I've never made whoopie pies, what is wrong with me? I need to start with these!
You crack me up! My name is never said incorrectly, however it's virtually always misspelled! How can people type out my email address (my full name @ blah blah blah dot com) and then misspell my name in the body of the email?
Stacy
*not Stacey*
Don't you hate it when you make something special and you think, "Ooo the kid is just gonna love this!!" and then they are like, "whatev Mom". My name is boring (Jennifer) and everyone and their dog has it so I never had that problem. We named our daughter something unique so now she has the burden of people calling her the wrong name. It never occurred to me that would happen. Her name is Brenna and she gets everything from Brenda to Breanne to Brie. At least it doesn't rhyme with anything bad so the kid's will have to be creative when they tease her. :)
If it makes you feel any better, I've been pronouncing your name right in my head ever since I started following you. Which means the others really don't deserve a ribbon. Clearly it's not that hard if someone who's never even heard it said can figure it out and they can't.
On that note, no one knows how to say or spell my name. It's Dan-ee. Not Duh-nay. Not Diana. Not Diane. Not Day-nah. DANI. Not that freakin hard. But apparently, for them to say it that way, I have to spell it Danny. And last time I checked I am not a guy, nor is my name Daniel. So yeah, it is like calling Rachel, Jimmy.
I feel your pain. Stay strong! The idiots are lemmings so eventually us smart people will rule the world anyway.
Oh my gosh. Your post is too funny – and timely! Not long ago, a woman called me Amy in front of a room full of other people. My name is Lori. I didn't bother to correct her, partly out of guilt because I couldn't remember her name either. :)
Sorry, gonna be long. When I read this post I just HAD to comment. So. . . my name is Teronia (Ter-ron-a). The "i" has absolutely no purpose but to help people annoy the crap out of me. Sucky part is ppl will say my name right until the see it, so after 5 yrs of using it correctly i'm suddenly Tearonia or Teronda and sometimes Tiara. When ppl ask if they said it right I reply, "close enough". Flip side: my nick name is Tara (Tar-ra) not Tara from Gone with the Wind. I also get Tiara for that one too. Nice to see i'm not suffering alone. We should start a support group. I'm sorry you died a little inside, maybe you just have to sell it better. Good luck!
Sorry about your name, nickname problems. Also, sorry your son didn't want a whoopie pie, but so grateful that I don't live near you because I already have a few pounds to shed! They look amazing! Thanks for your candidness (is that a word?). I so enjoy reading your blog. I agree with one of the other comments, you're so engaging and it is so fun to read your posts! Thank you for the time that you put into posting your thoughts, recipes, pictures, etc.
I SO feel your pain. Being a KristAn myself. In fact I even started to spell it with the capital A in it so people see it is not only spelled different, it's pronounced different. Love when people as how to spell my last name Hatfield, but never my first. I love the uniqueness of the spelling of our name!!
That is so funny my name is ChristAN !!! I thought I was the only one !!! Love your blog!!!
I'm Turkish and my name is Sara and it's pronounced Sah-rah but people always read it as sarah. I correct them but it's an ongoing thing.
And LOL! When I came to the "That's like me asking someone named Rachel if I can call her Jimmy"- I spurt out my tea, couldn't contain myself- too funny lol.
I had to comment to let you know that you are absolutely hilarious!!! I so look forward to reading your blog not only because of your fabulous recipes but because I know that I will def have a laugh when I read it. Looking forward to the next one ;)
I know how you feel…My name is Renae and people always spell it Renee…Never as a child was I able to but something with my name on it…BC who spells Renae that way…I hear it all the time how WOW thats a different way to spell it..Like I picked it out myself :)
You have enough comments but I just want to say I loved your post! My name is Ann, 3 letters, that's all. No one messes up. But I remember kindergarten when my teacher informed me that I had to write the NNs in lowercase. It was so sad, I loved my pointy letters. I have a friend named Christ (pronounced like your name without the AN…talk about awkward for some folks) and one named Chrisanna–no one gets her name right even though it sounds just like it looks. I promise I do my very very best to say people's names correctly–it really matters. OK on another note. One of my friends just passed away. His last name is Knudsen. Everyone who spoke at his funeral said Nuteson. I have been corrected many times calling him what it was, Nudson, sighing…
Hi, I'm from South Africa, which is the reason I'm so delayed in reading your posts. But I always read it…
The name thing, I'm afrikaans, my name is spelt english and pronouced completely different than what you would call me, Karen. There's no way I can try and make you say my name correctly.. i've gone from the usual english version of Karen, to Kaz to Kay to people spelling my name wrong from Carin to Caren to Karin… seriously… I've given up on some people… sometimes I don't help people anymore..
I can totally relate to the name thing. My name is Ammie (think Tammy without a T or Annie with m's). I am constantly called Amy, Kamie (?), and my personal favorite, Aumee (French inspired, perhaps?). Occasionally, I'll come across an Amy who spells her name Ammie. Boy, I'd like to have a chat with that Amy's mother on proper spelling. :) One of these days, I'm going to have a necklace made that looks like one of those obnoxious name tag stickers: Hello! My name is Ammie not Amy!
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I can also relate to this post. My name is Taryn, pronounced like Karen but with a T. I get Karen, Erin, Tara, usually one after the other as people try to get it. Usually I just give up. My partner's grandfather called me Karen for a year before his daughter finally corrected him. And then, if that isn't enough, often when people finally get it, they ask me why my parents gave me a boy's name… Oh well.
When I first meet someone, I have about a five minute conversation about my name too. "Ariel, like the mermaid?" Uh, no, not really what my parents named me after, but if it helps you remember it, then sure…Also have people ask about how to pronounce it. So I feel your pain about people getting your name right!
After maturing some you won't mind people not pronouncing your name correctly. Mine gets all messed up, too. But in the big scheme of things, it isn't that big of a deal.
Generally I tend to see teh positive in people, if they want to call me Cin or Cindy, hey, that is OK with me. My name isn't that hard, but what do I care? Some people struggle. Let's all just be friends. Rudeness isn't the first thing I think of when people struggle with my name.
I totally get the name rant. My name is Kristin with an "i" (and it says so on the About Me portion of my blog!) but 95% of the time people spell it with an "e", even on government documents and medical records! It's ridiculous! I think people are just a little too caught up in themselves because who misspells a name after you've already spelled it for them, like in an email??
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Hey there! I found your blog at Eat Cake For Dinner, and I’m so glad I did! I have never made whoopie pies before, but from the looks of these that will soon be changing!! I’ll definitely be back to see what else you’ve got cookin’!
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Gotta love our ninjas! I’m with you on the name thing. My name is Jill but people always think I say Joe. I even tried to anunciate better but I am pretty sure it just makes me look like an idiotic snob so I gave up on it. Not that ppl with good anunciation are idiotic snobs, just that my version was. I prefer being called “You” or “Her”. Works very well for me!
Ahaha, well for the record if I ever get to meet you in person (which I really hope I do!!), I will totally say your name right and not expect a prize. (But I’m not gonna lie, if you pull out one of these whoopie pies, I’m definitely not going to turn it down). ;-)
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I am with the other million people who have commented, I love my name and like it to be said correctly. My name is written Phaedra and is pronounced “Fay-dra” the ph=f (as in phone) always confuses people. I like to helpfully explain, “it’s one of the Greek tragedies.” which usually just causes confused stares as people try to mesh that bit of information with the 6 foot viking girl standing in front of them.
But on the plus side having a name that is almost impossible to pronounce correctly while looking at it written comes in handy when telemarketers call:
telemarketer: “Hi is Paheedra there?”
Me: “Errrrn, sorry! Thanks for playing pronounce that name, please feel free to try again!” *click*
I had a teacher call me Pandora for an entire term, every single time I would respond, “My name is Phaedra.” It got to the point that every single day during roll call she would say “Pandora” and the whole class would chorus “My name is Phaedra!”