It's been a weekend for name mix-ups.
Irish athlete Sanita Puspure was bizarrely called 'Dominant' Puspure by Minister Shane Ross.
It followed her gold medal win in the women's single sculls final at the World Rowing Championships in Bulgaria.
In a press statement issued on behalf of Minister Ross, the new world champion was addressed by the name Dominant Puspure.
A statement from Shane Ross, congratulating Sanita Puspure on her success at the Rowing World Championships. RTE’s headline refers to “Dominant Puspure” and Ross (or his ghostwriter) apparently thinks that’s her ACTUAL NAME pic.twitter.com/LnDabZGQrq
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) September 16, 2018
It comes as Chrissy Teigen revealed that we've been mispronouncing her name.
The model took to Twitter to say her last name is pronounced Tie-gen not Tee-gen.
All this confusion got Garry and Fionnuala thinking about times when unusual names can cause problems...
Passport Control
This is a common one for all of you people with lovely Irish names.
Whether you're a Diarmuid, a Sadhbh, a Caoimhe, a Fiachra or a Aoife, you're almost guaranteed that you'll meet many quizzical faces when travelling abroad.
One of the places you'll most likely see raised eyebrows is customs and immigration at airports.
We've even heard of people being asked, 'What kind of name is that?!'
First day of school
There's always at least one child in the class with an unusual name that the teacher mispronounces from day one.
While Jack, James, Emily and Emma remain the most popular baby names in Ireland, there's definitely a few that are sure to give teachers a headache in five years time.
Odhran, Fiadh and Rian are our favourites.
News bulletins
We've all witnessed some epic pronunciation fails while watching/listening to the news.
Soccer and tennis stars are a news reader's worst nightmare.
We've also heard Irish terms like Taoiseach hilariously mispronounced by news presenters abroad.
