A name is an integral part of our identity so when someone gets it wrong it can feel personal. Ingrid Torjesen finds out how to tackle this Nuthana Bhayankaram, paediatric registrar and vice president of the Medical Women’s Federation, says, “Firstly, I want to thank you for bringing this up as I think it happens to many people and we don’t always know how to tackle it. “I have a very unusual name, which gets pronounced in all sorts of interesting ways. I’m always grateful when people make an attempt to pronounce it, even if it’s incorrect. “While I used to feel awkward correcting people, I’ve come to realise that nobody is a mind reader and since it’s my name, I should take responsibility for teaching people how to pronounce it correctly. “In doing this, I would start by acknowledging that people pronounce names in different ways, which means that some mispronounce yours. I would then demonstrate how to pronounce it correctly. “In …

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我如何处理一个同事总是把我的名字读错？

名字是我们身份不可分割的一部分，所以当有人弄错时，它会让人感觉很私人。Ingrid Torjesen 发现了如何解决这个问题，儿科注册主任兼医学妇女联合会副主席 Nuthana Bhayankaram 说：“首先，我要感谢你提出这个问题，因为我认为很多人都会遇到这种情况，而且我们并不总是知道如何解决它。“我有一个非常不寻常的名字，它以各种有趣的方式发音。当人们尝试发音时，我总是很感激，即使它是不正确的。“虽然我曾经觉得纠正别人很尴尬，但我开始意识到没有人是读心术的，既然这是我的名字，我应该负责教人们如何正确发音。“在这样做时，我首先要承认人们以不同的方式发音名字，这意味着有些人发音错误。然后我将演示如何正确发音。“在 …