Saw this last night & said no. Mulled it over, still no.
I can see why others might choose different & I& #39;m not debating whether or not they should. I just like being able to choose my response based on a judgment call not a blanket rule.
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Letting it go when I choose to is just as valid a response as correcting it when I choose to.
The GB phoneme as exists in my language doesn& #39;t even exist in the English language so imagine how much energy I have to expend, teaching it to every person every time. Nope.

Also, there& #39;s the fact that the meaning I assign to the mispronounciation, while valid for me, is not what it automatically means for others. So I need to sit with that feeling and interrogate it. Why does hearing my name said wrong matter so much? What& #39;s really going on?

I shadow a clinician who calls me Gembi. Imagine if every single time she introduced me to a client, I stopped the session and started a phonetics lesson because my name is important and everybody must learn to say it right or there will be trouble. Context is super important.

Abd so it& #39;s not that the feelings you feel when someone mispronounces your name are not valid. Or that should be required to put of with it if it bothers you.
It& #39;s that your choice on how to respond per time should be based on other factors besides a blanket recommendation.

Especially if that blanket recommendation is based on the assumption of I& #39;ll intent by others, or the belief that they& #39;re doing it for a certain exact reason.
We& #39;re all out here assigning our own meanings to the actions of others and it& #39;s hurting us. Not them, us.

Again, I know you have a personal experience that invalidates my claims and makes me wrong, and you right. That& #39;s okay. I am not interested in debating your lived experience. These are my thoughts and it& #39;s okay to disagree. Please and thank you.