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by Fuzzwah 4376 days ago
I'm an Aussie living in the US. My name is Rob. Basically every American calls me Raaaab.
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I'm British and in the US I have to deliberately say "Daaayn" so as not to be called Don.
I'm "Rob", and also British. In the US I have to deliberately say "Rahb" so as not to be called Rub, Roob or Robe.
I'm Australian, and live in the UK, my name is Mike, and here I tell people my name is 'Maike' they don't think it's Mark.
Just to extend the thread, another Brit in the US, "Paul" gets turned into "Pole", "Poll", "Bull" etc.
My friend's name is Roy, his chinese boss calls him Loy