Name pronunciations

[MarillionFan]

I get an email from someone who as part of the email sig states how to pronounce their name.

Another guy has last name of Sugar, but he pronounces it as ‘Soooogaar’.

What is the point?

I bought a horse that had a name that sounded like that for the dogs.

[stek]

You say Spasiba, I say Spasibo.

Let;s call the whole thing off!

[Sysman]

I get an email from someone who as part of the email sig states how to pronounce their name.

Another guy has last name of Sugar, but he pronounces it as ‘Soooogaar’.

What is the point?

It's a waste of time, 'cos everyone will pronounce it how they want.

I was working with a Swiss chap last year who Anglicised everyone's names for me.

As a result I hadn't a clue how to contact any of them by email.

On the Shugar vs Soogar thing, that was a clue used by Sherlock Holmes in one of his cases, from which I learned that only the plebs pronounced it with "sh" in his day.

[bless 'em all]

With a surname like mine I'm quite happy to take a 'close enough' approach. Even my relatives in The Netherlands laugh at the way I pronounce it.