I was at school with a Death pronounced Dee Ath and a Kryswon pronounced Shivawn.

When I first started training as a teacher I worked with a woman whose Polish name was pronounced Shay Devits but was spelled with more 'z's than I have ever seen on a page, and little sign of any vowels. She received an absence note from a parent who had made six attempts to spell it, all crossed out, and finally had substituted Dear Teacher.

And for Monty Python fans, let us not forget: No no no, it's spelled, "Raymond Luxury Yacht," but it's pronounced, "Throat Warbler Mangrove".