Both my first and last name are awful when dealing with new people.

That said, if I have a son someday I want to name him Shane, and I briefly considered having it spelled Sean at it should be, before realizing that that would just be perpetuating the name cruelty bestowed upon me by my parents for another generation, and how dare I do that lol.

I pretty much always call you Jail. lol

I always pronounced it more like Jay-Ell.

No one can ever figure my first name out. It's either spelled wrong, pronounced wrong or accompanied by a chorus of 'come on Eileen'. And my last name elicits giggles and a lot of 'REALLY?'. Thanks a lot, Mom and Dad.

so not to sound like a dick but pronouncing it that way makes it sound like shes from krypton

but i too thought it was pronounced similar to jail.

...so how is it really said?

Actually, it's Paul Coffey.

actually, its shut up

/meatwad

It's Jay-el. How Phil says it. When people see it written irl but don't know how to pronounce it, I always tell them to imagine that it's the letters JL together. I am also asked almost every time I meet someone new what my name stands for because the other person thinks my initials are JL and that that's what I go by.

i think carolyn is easier to say, lol