Girl Quote by Joe Lycett

Every single substitute teacher growing up could not pronounce my name, so whenever someone pauses, I'm like, 'Oh, that's me.'

— Cary Fukunaga

My mum said to me once years ago, which really spurred me on, 'You're the funniest person I know'. I loved that.

— Miranda Hart

“Hey, aren’t you that girl from the web?” the new one asked, bending to suck my earing between his teeth. I pulled my head…

— Brandi Salazar

Once, I was doing Bon Qui Qui in Miami, and this black girl was in the audience, and she yelled out, 'That's not funny!'…

— Anjelah Johnson

I get a different pronunciation at least every week. I think the worst one, or the funniest one I got, somebody called me, 'Oh-gooz-man.'

— Nnamdi Asomugha

“The phone rang. Joseph darted to pick it up. “Dyer residence,” he answered formally. “Hold please,” he said as he covered the mouthpiece. He…

— Michelle Hodkin

At acting school people didn't speak like me. It was all received pronunciation - 'ow now brown cow.'

— Ray Winstone

“Who else knows about this besides us?” “Just Patti...” “Okay. That should be okay. Is that it?” “And Kaidan,” I added. My eyes darted…

— Wendy Higgins

My parents got carried away with the letter P when they were naming the kids in our family. There's me, Paula, my sisters Peggy…

— Paula Poundstone

When kids would say 'Ching Chong Chinaman,' I thought they were talking to someone behind me. I used to think I was a white…

— Lauren Tom

“In high school, I found no burden in correcting people. It wasn’t their fault that they didn’t know, and there was no harm done.…

— Issa Rae

My original name was Juaquin, and my cousin couldn't pronounce my name right. So he'd just be saying 'Waka! Waka!' So when I was…

— Waka Flocka Flame