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When people get your name wrong
Episode August 17, 2021 28 min 6s

When people get your name wrong

From Word of Mouth • BBC Radio 4

Michael Rosen on why personal names are so often mispronounced or misspelled, in conversation and online. With guest Dhruti Shah, linguist Dr Laurel MacKenzie, and lots of stories from the Word of Mouth audience. Produced by Beth O'Dea for BBC Audio in Bristol

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