Beyond happy that someone I haven't met recorded their name so I can learn how to pronounce it without the embarrassment of asking again & again. Recorded my own and will be including this in my #signatureblock: namedrop.io/sifangkathyzhao Thanks @namedropio for the free version!
Exactly this! I go by both Yeonsoo and Sara (with no preference) but I keep Yeonsoo in my professional name as a nod to my Korean heritage.
A little tip I've found useful, for others in similar positions: in my email signature I added a "Namedrop" of a recording of how to pronounce my name. namedrop.io/yeonsoosaralee
Beautifully written. Kim is easy to pronounce but there’s a reason I kept my full first name professionally as well. It is part of my identity.
As @UzoAduba succinctly said: “If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky and Michelangelo and Dostoyevsky, they can learn to say Uzoamaka.”
ALT Screenshot of an email signature showing how to include the pronunciation of a name. In this example, the phrase “how to pronounce my name” is a link just after the name itself.
I've just done this! It's a great aid to inclusion and has the added benefit of hopefully stopping people from pronouncing my surname like I'm in Oasis. Encouraging @LeedsUniHistory colleagues to have a go! namedrop.io/
NameDrop - namedrop.io - allows you to record how your name is pronounced, which you can then add to any of your personal or business accounts, to promote awareness that speaking your name correctly is important.
#ListenActChange#RaceEqualityWeek
You can use namedrop.io to create a voice recording with a clickable link in your email signature.
It’ll help people know how to pronounce your name correctly.