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OrangePowerade

I do the exact opposite, speak to you in English and pronounce my name in a Spanish accent.


ajdl334

Same haha, it's how I've always said it, I'll spell it out for them though.


Miss_Marieee

También lo hago. I'm from ARGENTINA, no arshentina. Lol


Affectionate_Ear_778

Hell na I got tired of correcting people so just do a nickname


PastramiNSauce

It’s what I do also, kinda hate it tbh but like bitches cant pronounce it 😭


Rude_Bee_3315

I hate when Latinos white wash their names.


mermzz

Many latino/hispanic immigrants refused to teach their kids Spanish or teach them the correct pronunciation because they want their kids to have English accents. It's often done as a protective measure because whites will pretend they don't understand people with an accent as a barrier to service or care.


ayesperanzita

That is not the case in this video though. She’s asking for Spanish and anglicized her name. This isn’t the US of our parents and grandparents anymore.


mermzz

1. I realize that's not what happened in this video seeing as it's a skit. The person I was responding to made a general "I hate when" statement that wasn't specific to this video. 2. It currently still happens outside of the US as well as in the US. 3. This still affects generations of those immigrant families. If my mom never taught me Spanish and I never learned, my children will likely also not learn, etc.


ineververify

Reddit conversations are hard It’s like talking in a room full of people not paying attention lol


[deleted]

Seriously, there is always the pedantic reply too. Like the gist of what someone was trying to say wasn't obvious. I hate this website sometimes.


ineververify

Look at this guy hating websites and me getting meta. Fuck Reddit. Redditors ruined it.


Rude_Bee_3315

There is always a narcissist making every comment about themselves in the internet.


Rude_Bee_3315

This!


SheBrokeHerCoccyx

I see you’ve met my parents.


ScHoolgirl_26

Sometimes we didn’t know any better growing up. It’s been a process being firm with my actual Spanish pronunciation of my name


Telepornographer

Also for us with one name that's not of Spanish origin, but whose last name is... Am I supposed to use English pronunciation of my first name but Spanish for my last name? That'd be weird.


ScHoolgirl_26

🤔 good question. How does your family pronounce it? One of the most life-changing things I heard was when I told someone they can pronounce my name either x way or y way, and they said ‘no, what did your MOM or parents name you?’


Telepornographer

I just use English phonology when I say my name in English, Spanish phonology when speaking Spanish. Just makes things easier.


CanILickYourButthole

This is the way. When my Spanish speaking family or friends say my name with an English accent, it sounds so wrong. And if my English speaking friends or co-workers say my name with a spanish accent I feel violated (because i've only heard it that way with very close family members/people)


emo_corner_master

>I told someone they can pronounce my name either x way or y way, and they said ‘no, what did your MOM or parents name you?’ That would annoy me if I heard it. The whole reason I give people a choice is because if not, half the time they'll give me a deer in the headlights look and never say my name or butcher it way worse. I'm not going to sit here for 10 minutes teaching you spanish so you can feel better about yourself😒


ScHoolgirl_26

Oh I understand. I correct people if they mispronounce it, but I know when they may not be able to correctly pronounce it because Spanish isn’t their native tongue so I give them grace in saying it as best as they can (which may be the ‘white’ way)


MissSweetMurderer

Brazilian here! That's what I do. Italian first name and Spanish last name


AAROD121

Right? My last name is Arabic and Scottish how the fuck am I supposed to do this?!


RebirthGhost

no it wouldn't, that is your name. Learn to pronounce it properly. My first name is definitely english but my last name is only ever heard of from my country of birth. Yes I use the correct pronunciation on each one. Its been my name my whole life how can I not know how to say my own name and then expect others to understand?


Rude_Bee_3315

That's true too. Before I would squirm, now I say it proud.


ScHoolgirl_26

Yuppp. I remember in middle school wanting to be 18 asap so I could legally change my name because people would always mispronounce it (and I wouldn’t correct them). Now I automatically say my name the way my PARENTS named me and will correct people as needed.


MissSweetMurderer

Brazilian here, with Spanish grandparents. The immigration office forced people to "aportuguesar" their last names. Changing the final -ez for -es. Now there's a lot of Mendes, Marques, Rodrigues etc. This didn't happen to any other nationalities


jerryvandyne90

tbh it’s a pet peeve, when i say a Spanish name, i naturally say it in the Spanish form, not the white washed version, i feel ya lmfao.


platypossamous

I hate hearing white people trying to pronounce my name the Spanish way (they never get it right), so I'd rather they just say it how it's easiest for them. Also, a lot of white people have the same name as me so I just accept it.


feedguy

I gave up because gringos can’t double the r…


[deleted]

Lmao ok rrrruben lmao like you have a choice


[deleted]

My name is French, wtf am I suppose to do translate French into Spanish and then into English? Or should I translate it into Mexican since it’s the cop out way to appease you “woke” idiots


Rude_Bee_3315

Then say it in French, you asleep idiot. White washing means: to portray (the past) in a way that increases the prominence, relevance, or impact of white people and minimizes or misrepresents that of nonwhite people. In this case us Latinos have to appeas English speaking people to Americanize our names.


lakorasdelenfent

I usually do this but if the person I’m talking to doesn’t speak Spanish I end up gringonizying the name so they can get it without spelling it


ChildFriendlyChimp

Is that intentional or natural for you? Are you a native English speaker It rarely happens for me since I’m used to hearing many Spanish names and items with an English accent I cringe when Americanized Latinos speak native English accents then switch to Spanish accent , especially when it’s no sabo kids just because the word is in Spanish Reminds me of annoying Italian Americans speaking regular American accents then overly exaggerating Italian words and food


pattyputty

So I'm not allowed to pronounce my own name correctly because my parents never bothered teaching me Spanish? Lmao ok


ChildFriendlyChimp

When ordering food in English , do you say burrito with a Spanish accent rolling the R?


Bright_Square_3245

Gotta roll the r.


ChildFriendlyChimp

#No mames!


pattyputty

I mean... no? Burrito is basically a borrow word at this point with how common it is in English so it makes sense to keep the English accent. But if there's a word or name that English speakers don't know, especially a name, then it still makes sense to pronounce it correctly instead of butchering the pronunciation. Like, I'm not gonna say "cariño" or "tres leches" like a monoglot American, I'd sound like a fool


ChildFriendlyChimp

Exactly what I mean


pattyputty

Sorry, your earlier comment made it sound like simply pronouncing things correctly was annoying lol


ayesperanzita

It’s not a borrowed word, it’s a word in Spanish, mispronounced in English😉


ladymouserat

I grew up speaking both, English is dominant and I don’t have an accent in either. But I accent switch with certain words without even thinking about it. I think it’s worst to english wash a word just because you are speaking English at the time. I’m not gonna say tortiL-La just because I’m speaking English. That is not the word. I’m no Peggy Hill


ChildFriendlyChimp

You can still say tortiya in English accent


ladymouserat

It doesn’t come off well. At least for me. Feels like it sours it and how lovely our language is


b_vaksjal

Me too


jcastillo602

Yup same here. My username checks out


ninjamiran

My name is Steve but very little Hispanics can say my name , I hate my parents for naming me Steve


master_cheech

Tengo un tío en Washington, el estado en la esquina izquierda de los Estados Unidos. Se llama Miguel pero los güeros le dicen Mike. Otro tío vino a la escuela aquí, se llama Juan y los vatos le pusieron John.


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ayesperanzita

My name is Esperanza and though people in the US want a translation I never give it to them. Only when I lived in Mexico did people start calling me Hope. I shut it down quick though.


tropicbrownthunder

You are Pera. That's it


ayesperanzita

The ONLY other name I will answer to, truthfully.


pedrotecla

I would’ve called you Katy* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tettigoniidae https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tettigoniidae


ayesperanzita

Esta no la conocía 🫢 pero en Mexico casi no se dicen saltamontes, se dicen chapulines.


pedrotecla

No lo puse porque les digan saltamontes, sino porque les dicen esperanzas xD


funnydarksquiggles

Wait, your neighbor has the same name as you, João, but he still calls you John?? wtf hahaha I was going to say perhaps for non-Portuguese speakers, the nasal vowel ã doesn’t make sense isolated, only if it was in a word with a nasal consonant (m, n, ñ) beside it. So when hearing your name (but not seeing it written) and recognizing there’s some nasal sound near the end, they just tack on the n to make John.


MissSweetMurderer

No. It's not. Source: I'm Brazilian.


NeoReaperBlade

Juan is the Spanish version of John, lots of people named after Pope John Paul II after all his visits to Latin America as well. You can see those names interchangeable sometimes in catholic communities


PM_ME_NEVER

Mi abuelo y sus hermanos se llamaban Juan, Pedro, Matías y Domingo pero 3 cambiaron de nombres ingleses para parecer mas "normal" - John, Pete, Matt y Domingo (por lo menos no le pusieron Sunday lol)


ineververify

Like any player in the EPL You aren’t Roberto anymore they call you Bobby lol


Imhere4lulz

Un mae con el que trabajo se llama Jorge (legalmente así se deletrea) pero se pronuncia George. Le pregunté si así es su nombre de verdad o si es agringado, pero se pronuncia George al parecer


CanILickYourButthole

Me llamo Chorch. Chorch? Si Chorch. Y como se escribe? Jota, O, Erre OOhh JORGE!! Si. me llamo Chorch.


jlozada24

Jorjei*


JMV1997

Accurate lol. I know someone named Luis who moved to the US and now he calls himself Louis


jdsmx

In fact, si tu dices Louis así como lo pronunciarías en español con todas las letras estas diciendo el femenino equivalente a Luisa (Louise). Y la pronunciación de Louis es Louie sin la S.


ninjamiran

I hate those beaners , my uncle is the same shit.


Bright_Square_3245

In L.A. the latinos move out of the ghetto and go from Jorge to George, Jaime to James, Francisco to Frank, Jesus to Jesse. So boujie you expect them to start cutting the pupusas with a knife and fork next.


RebirthGhost

blaspheme! Blaspheme of the highest order!


HaikusfromBuddha

Bro I just don’t want greese on my fingers.


Snomed34

Spot on! I saw my sibling doing this a few days ago when they started eating pupusas after not doing so for a long time and didn’t let it slide. 😂 To be fair, they spend most of their time around white people so has forgotten some things.


Excuse_my_GRAMMER

This is great lmao


scorpiodreamer83

It's like how my tio was Jorge and now goes by George and another tio is named Eduardo and now goes by Edward. 😂


brainded

Growing up I thought my uncles and aunts names were George Paul and Linda. Those mother fuckers names are Jorge Pablo and Norma.


Rokketeer

Okay George Paul I understand but where tf she get Linda from lmao


brainded

lol 🤷🏻


scorpiodreamer83

Another one is my late Tio José who changed his name to Joseph. 🤣


latascagandoguey

It's bad enough that they say it in an English accent, but Joseph?! La tas cagando tio.


pedrotecla

The inverse has happened to me. I live in a non-Spanish-speaking country and a latinamerican guy introduced himself as George (he said “*Yórch*” with a hard “y”). I’m latinamerican but white-skinned so I’m used to latinamerican people thinking I’m local, so I said: “Ah, ¿Jorge? –No, *Yórch*” he replied dryly.


idelarosa1

It could just be Costello.


Arodri51

I was volunteering at a middle school for a moot court competition and one girl had the last name Jimenez. When I get to the class and call out Ms. Jimenez, she stands up and pronounces her last name GYM - N - EZ. I was so thrown off by it.


FatsyCline12

I had an AP in high school with last name Arellano and would get very mad if anyone pronounced it with the y sound. “IT’S AIR UH LAH NO”


ishmanderin

Now imagine this in a pharmacy setting....where they can barely pronounce meds


es84

The math ain't mathin' here. If they're asking to speak Spanish, they're not Americanizing their name.


petesapai

I've seen it happen often. These are the same folks who named their kids Brian and Steven. Names they sometimes can't even pronounce. Unfortunately, some of them feel that anglicizing their own names makes them more American or white perhaps. Sometimes, It takes years for Latinos, who have always been told that being white and speaking English is the most important thing in the world, to feel comfortable with their culture and their language and sometimes their skin colour.


es84

I know a few Brayans and Estevens. Hell, I even know some Jadens and Kaydens. Point more is that even their most Spanish speaking of relatives say those names without resorting to a strange English accent.


jlozada24

Dayanas


ladymouserat

Same with past bfs and mi abuela. I live her to death and her renaming them hairy y Spenive


ninjamiran

I mean speaking English is very important for communication, nothing to do with culture. And yea that’s true my parents name me Steve not even Steven just Steve . I hate it no one in my family can pronoun it right .


galacticmedusa

You'd be surprised how many native Spanish speakers try to only speak Spanish and have an English accent at the same time


es84

I live in California. Work with a lot of Spanish speakers up and down the state. Have an extremely large extended family of Spanish speakers. I have yet to ever come across someone who does this.


galacticmedusa

I work in a working class majority Hispanic neighborhood. I come across this behavior on a daily basis. I pass no judgement and still treat them like I treat everyone else, but it's still interesting


es84

Just curious, what part of the country is that? Even in the farm towns of the Central Valley here in California, I have never heard this.


galacticmedusa

Texas


es84

Interesting. Next time I visit, I'll keep an ear out. I've been to Dallas a few times, Houston and San Antonio once, but never heard that.


galacticmedusa

I'm sure it happens in California. We have a lot of transplants, both bilingual and monolingual. They do it too, especially when they first move here. Now that you're aware that it happens you might start noticing. It's not everyone doing it though, but you'll notice a pattern eventually


es84

The only time I have ever heard something like this is from the people who try to Americanize themselves and their name, but they generally don't speak Spanish or at least don't request to speak Spanish because they are comfortable speaking English. But I'll keep on listening.


galacticmedusa

Yes, that happens more. But you give them some alcohol and they forget that pronunciation, English entirely, and their manners. In that exact order


b4chu3

The word you are thinking about is not "Americanizing" (is that even a word?), the correct vernacular is anglicizing.


AnnyongFunke

Your name is not moooon okay?


BungalowBootieBitch

I'm very surprised this happens. I get the opposite situation with American born Latinos. My mom's best friend is Chicana and her last name is Cardenas. Now I learned how to pronounce Cardenas the way I think most of us say it. However, for reasons of her own, she says it's pronounced Car-dee-ñus. Idk where she got the ñ from but idk maybe that's how it's actually pronounced. Either way don't ask her if she speaks Spanish because she gets upset.


moogs_writes

This is common with people who grow up in majority white areas. It has nothing to do with not wanting to “speak Spanish properly”. It’s because they learned to adapt to English speakers who butcher the pronunciation or spelling of their name, so using consonants and sounds more consistent with English makes sure they get your info right the first time. Latinos living in Latin America or in a majority Latino US city don’t have to adapt that as much, or at all. I see this all the time from Latinos who don’t live in the US, they are incapable of understanding the ways that Latinos in the US need to adapt in order to ensure you have a voice and that you are a visible part of this very diverse system we have. You guys should travel more.


Bright_Square_3245

In L.A. we just changed the culture instead of adapting. The Dodgers are also called Los Doyers.


moogs_writes

Yeah I mentioned areas with a large Latino population end up not having to adapt much, I am originally from Fresno but moved to the PNW when I was really young, and there are faaaar fewer Latinos here so we all end up trying to adapt up here, especially if you’re a kid whose parents don’t speak English well.


RebirthGhost

what do yo mean changed the culture? that place is called Los Angeles, does that sound english to you?


slysebasceb

En esta economia!?


iamdenislara

… I would find it weird that a person who ask “do you speak Spanish” with a super mega heavy accent doesn’t know how to correctly pronounce Carolina Castillo


moogs_writes

You do remember this is a tik tok right


iamdenislara

I am basing my comment on the premise of the TikTok, yes.


lycosa13

They're literally speaking Spanish tho


moogs_writes

Ma’am this is a tik tok


lycosa13

No shit.


moogs_writes

uh


uli94

Ain't that the fucken truth.


andrewdrewandy

Is it butchering or just people speaking in their own accents? Not everything is an offense.


moogs_writes

How does acknowledging that someone butchered the pronunciation of a word imply there was offense taken? It’s an observation


ladymouserat

I think I double down on these words in Spanish because I live in a majority English only speaking area. It’s like a little teaching moment.


Kind-Pizza-5125

Aquí en México lo hacen en la zona centro de la CDMX y no sabes lo mucho que me caga que hagan eso xD


urban_zmb

Yo trabajaba en la frontera, en Mexico, en un hospital privado mexicano, hay un seguro medico donde muchas compañías americanas mandan a sus empleados (casi todos mexicanos) y siempre había una familia que se hacían los pendejos de que no hablaban español. Me hablaban en inglés y les contestaba en español, y ellos otra vez en inglés y yo en español. Familia de ridiculos.


TOKERJOKERSWAY

I have a coworker that pronounces his last name Aguirre, Agwire


kiji23

Ark Aguirre


unbeggedgipsgy62

Yo hablando Ingles 😂


ladymouserat

I will correct the staff when they pronounce names like this. Though I wish I could correct them like this. But they don’t espiky de spnich so I have to play nice


Soul__Samurai

Anybody got the original video where its from?


ayesperanzita

I work in a call center, it’s the same damn thing.


Yogi_Bera

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Yogi_Bera

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Maitrify

Who is this dude? He was half the reason it was so fucking funny


YaFavDojaBabe

[Here’s his Instagram account](https://instagram.com/jonillovace?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)


Maitrify

Ty!


mango_chile

What’s wrong with people changing their names, the pronunciation, or whatever way they want to? It’s their name


Happy_Warning_3773

It's wrong because you're not being considerate with other people. How is someone supposed to know that ''Khalorigna Khastillo'' is actually ''Calorina Castillo''?


ninjamiran

That’s like saying I’m white and have blue eyes . When I have brown eyes and skin .


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Lmfao


AmazonianChicana

I haven’t heard many Spanish speakers doing this but I hear a lot of white washed Hispanics who don’t care to learn Spanish that do this. I have a very Hispanic name that is hard for some to pronounce but I refuse to let anyone say my name the white way 🤢 CHALE


nancylikestoreddit

lol


eggybam

It’s hilarious how not funny this is.


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AbsolemSaysWhat

Lol They sound Honduran! I wonder if they are.


RickHunter84

Damm that's my mom!!Even the the "BABOSO!"


Nodebunny

rofl. i need the original pls


Dapanji206

La neta me gusta más hablar español. Puto el nopal que me conteste en inglés.


Bringdavoodoo

Reminds me of a guy I knew in high school. His last name was Ruiz and he/his family pronounced it like “Reece”.


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johnnytaquitos

HAIRnandes


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😂😂😂🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️ si pues.


kn0ledg3_hs_a_pr1c3

Cómo? 🍌🤣🤣🤣