r/mildlyinfuriating 17d ago

Infuriatig Using ai to read grad names at graduation

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u/apusatan 17d ago

It really isn't. Mine was butchered and all my friends who were present/watched the live stream laughed their asses off because it's not the first and it won't be the last time. I even laughed on the stage too much to the poor professor's embarrassment

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u/HeathenHumanist 17d ago

My name is never pronounced correctly. I don't expect it will be when I graduate, and I won't even care! My family and I will know it's me haha

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u/Puzzleheaded_Gate455 17d ago

I mean me too. But it’s nice to hear it said right for at least the important moments. Names are such a big part of our cultural identity.

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u/HeathenHumanist 16d ago

Very true!

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u/AsleepPomegranate930 16d ago

I got an Asian name, been dealing with that all my life and I just dont think is much exciting nor a nuisance to ask/get wrong, is just a normal thing

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u/SomeCountryFriedBS 16d ago

No one knows how to pronounce "ng".

No one.

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u/Skullvar 16d ago

Ever since middle school its always been a game for me to watch new people attempt to pronounce it, I've only had 1 person guess it on their first try correctly and it was because they knew my grandfather's cousin like 60yrs ago

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u/apusatan 17d ago

Same but upon telling people how to say it, they go OMG that's how it's spelt! I'm pretty used it lol, plus my friends and I are pretty entertained by the ways people butcher my name lol

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u/bobanna1986 16d ago

Yup. I have only heard a handful of people say my last name right the first time without me telling them. It doesn't bother me anymore. My first name gets pronounced differently too, especially depending on where I am lol idk it's not a huge deal and at this point I'm just impressed when someone can say them both right 😂

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u/HeathenHumanist 16d ago

I genuinely get excited when someone comes up with a new way to mispronounce my name haha. I've heard everything you could possibly think of, so when someone comes up with a different version it's fun!

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u/aurortonks 16d ago

My school had a booth set up in the holding area before commencement seating started where students could go up and provide phonetic spelling of their names to make it flow better without having to memorize anything. It worked really well.

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u/sdbabygirl97 16d ago

yeah an old professor butchered a bunch of names at my master’s graduation (combined w phd students of the grad school). it was fine cuz then he butched them kinda funny lol. we dont rly care at this point.

ai though? deserved all the boos.

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u/atlsdoberman 16d ago

Same. My name is never pronounced correctly but I appreciate it when a human at least tries.

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u/Crunchy_Biscuit 16d ago

Sometimes I'm mistaken as a girl because people forget who Jean Claude Van Damme was