7 ways to not pronounce my name correctly
Personal branding is hot. Really hot. Because my personal brand value of close to zilch, I guess it’s more important to get my brand name pronounced right.
I know Wiep is only a four letter word, but I can imagine that it’s quite hard to pronounce it if you don’t know how. The Dutch language can be a bitch.
Wiep is pronounced as ‘cheap’, but without the ch. Now mix the ‘eap’ with a combination of a V and a W (like some sort of Russian V). That’s it. V/W-eap.
Do you want to know how not to pronounce my name? There are 7 ways after the jump.
Because it still can be difficult to pronounce (it actually is really easy, but I don’t want to make you feel bad if you still can’t do it correctly), so here are 7 ways of not to pronounce my name correctly.
I’m not from Tzadjikistan, you know?
I don’t want to get associated with a sweeping motion.
Building a brand gets rid of lots of these.
Not even close.
I do get these a lot, though.
I wish.
Imagine your girlfriend’s seven foot ex-husband saying this…
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4 comments on this post
This is interesting. I think if you have a difficult name to pronounce, such as mine, it can be difficult and overlooked.
i want to know how must this name be pronounced or the possible ways…
People in foreign countries don’t know how to pronounce my typical Dutch name. Every time they called me, I didn’t listen, simply because I didn’t recognize my name.
Writing an English version solved all problems.
If they call me now, I listen.
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