By Anonymous - 08/12/2009 12:10 - Norway

Today, I'm travelling to England for an important meeting. I'm Norwegian, and my name is Bård. I have to introduce myself as "bored" the whole day, because that's how my name is pronounced. FML
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GFLiE 0

So then why didn't your parents consider Mandarin Chinese? Or why won't you consider Mandarin when naming your children, #27?

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quantum_insanity 0

Since you will be saying it with an accent I'm sure people will get the idea.

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xenomorph 0

Can you sing? If so, you can mispronounce your name slightly.

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ScaryyMary 14

What exactly does singing have to do with pronunciation? Do you expect him to greet everyone in song? Now that would be hilarious. :D

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sithwithashotgun 0

If your name becomes any trouble, I´d suggest going by a different name when traveling abroad. Do you have a middle name? That would probably work well. Or, you could just invariably introduce yourself by your full name. That´s all I´ve got.

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beaten_rhianna 0

So,maybe you should introduce yourself as Bird,bored-bird?Which is the lesser of the two evils?

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FarSide 22

Be glad your name is not "Shit-For-Brains" from New Jersey.

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redshortsx 0

the fml could be shorter like today, my name is bard just like every other day. FML

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itsohsoabsurd 6

could be worse. i personally know a norwegian guy named svein. and yes, it is pronounced like "swine".

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Sipos 0

Not so bad. Could be a lot more unfortunate. If you're worried about it, while you're there, you could just pronounce it as something closer to Bard. I'm affraid that a lot of people are probably going to pronounce it like that anyway after reading it.

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royboh 0

I'm sure they'll catch on if you have an accent... Unless you are in banking. Then you're ******.

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