My brother has a quirk that way, too. He insists on calling Bette Midler, "Betty," maybe because that is our sister's name, but I think he has a block against "Bette."

My youngest's name is Jerusha, most people who skim over it wind up calling her "Joshua," and, there was one neighbour who never did get it right and always called her "Da-roo-sha."

I also had a neighbour who couldn't get my cat's name, Heyokah" right; he kept calling him "Kay-oh-kah."

I think Bill's right, people say what they want to hear or think they see.

Back up there someone said Caitlyn was pronounced incorrectly in the US. Is it correct then for it to sound close to Kathleen? I've taken to spelling it Kat'leen, in hopes that people will not automatically shorten it to Kath or Kathy, both of which I detest, for myself, at least.

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