Comments on: Tip #87: Raffi who? http://proprtips.com/2008/12/05/tip-87-raffi-who/ Advice from a jaded tech journalist Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:06:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Catriona Harris http://proprtips.com/2008/12/05/tip-87-raffi-who/#comment-502 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:07:55 +0000 http://proprtips.wordpress.com/?p=392#comment-502 Oh no! That is so bad. But I understand, because people get mine wrong all the time too. Then when I tell them it is pronounced simply, Katrina – they either tell me they have it spelled wrong, or we get into an in-depth conversation about the hurricane.

]]> By: Jared http://proprtips.com/2008/12/05/tip-87-raffi-who/#comment-500 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:06:16 +0000 http://proprtips.wordpress.com/?p=392#comment-500 That’s hilarious!

]]> By: Entrepreneur.com - Blog Network - Press Pass http://proprtips.com/2008/12/05/tip-87-raffi-who/#comment-476 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:47:11 +0000 http://proprtips.wordpress.com/?p=392#comment-476 [...] Tip: Don’t call him Raffi [...]

]]> By: Bobbie Carlton http://proprtips.com/2008/12/05/tip-87-raffi-who/#comment-470 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:06:30 +0000 http://proprtips.wordpress.com/?p=392#comment-470 LOL — Then there are the gender ambiguous names (like mine.) It does help me sort through email and snail mail to find people who at least know of me. Anyone who addresses my name to “Bob” probably doesn’t know me. Or the ones who write to “Mr.” Some of my all time favs — taking my given name, Roberta and turning it into Robert A. and then addressing the letter to Dear Bob.

]]> By: Sapana http://proprtips.com/2008/12/05/tip-87-raffi-who/#comment-461 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:45:54 +0000 http://proprtips.wordpress.com/?p=392#comment-461 I hear you. As a PR person who talks to reporters I get a lot of, “Oh that’s…different. Where are you from?” Don’t assume someone with a foreign name is actually foreign. Better yet, don’t come back with the even more charming, “No where are you from, originally?” California. Just California.

]]> By: faryl http://proprtips.com/2008/12/05/tip-87-raffi-who/#comment-460 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:34:01 +0000 http://proprtips.wordpress.com/?p=392#comment-460 I hear you loud and clear on this one! People get my first and last name wrong all the time – plus the gender! :-)

Ms. Faryl (rhymes with Carol) Zaklin (rhymes with Back-Lynn)

]]> By: Eli http://proprtips.com/2008/12/05/tip-87-raffi-who/#comment-459 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:23:41 +0000 http://proprtips.wordpress.com/?p=392#comment-459 At least your name isn’t spelled “Ralph” (as in Von Williams). Then it’d probably get mispronounced every time – except by that small section of people pitching you who are also avid listeners of The Real Deal.

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