Facebook Will Teach People How To Say Your Name Correctly

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Unless you are called John Smith, it is very likely that at least at some point in your life, people have struggled to pronounce your name correctly. Well now there’s a Facebook tool that will teach them to say it right!

I’m French, and I have been living abroad for many years. I can’t even begin to tell you how many times people have “destroyed” my surname. I don’t blame them – even some French people struggle to pronounce it.

I was recently asked by someone to provide a phonetic version of my name, because that person really wanted to say it correctly. I’m no expert in phonetics, and it was a pretty difficult task for me. That’s why I’m so happy with the “Name Pronunciation” tool.

“Name Pronunciation” will give you a way to tell people how your name should be pronounced correctly. It provides a series of automatic suggestions, and you can edit and refine until you feel it provides the closest way to say your name.

Here’s what it looked like for me:

To access the tool, head over to your “About” Page, then select “Details About You” and scroll down to “Name Pronunciation.”

Facebook has a new tool to help people pronounce your name correctly

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Name pronunciations are always public once you set it up. And why not? It will help people. I can’t see anything wrong with it being shown to everyone on Facebook, right?

Now tell me the truth… Did you have any idea how to say my name before today?