In England these days Kevin comes in for the same kind of stick as Sharon. I promise, I won't call you Shaz, and you don't call me Kev. (Even though I answer to it as well.)

Using the term lady loosely, that I understand. Using the term woman loosely...well, that's something else.

My brother was a terrible one for mispronouncing names. For example he would always refer to Bob Dylan as Bob Digh-lan. I used to think he was just doing it to annoy, but eventually I decided he had his brain wired up that way. He had to pronounce the words the way he thought the spelling indicated. No matter how many times he was corrected, it just didn't register.