You might remember that last week we shared a story from Niamh Fleming, who got in touch to explain how her name has been mispronounced a ridiculous amount of times.
This prompted Faoiltiarna Keenan to drop us a line and explain how she too has had people make mistakes with her name.
Chatting about the subject, Faoiltiarna said she's been called "all sorts" throughout the years.
"My name is Faoiltiarna pronounces (fweelcheerna) but I've got all sorts throughout the years.
"One of the school sub teachers called me Finbar once which was a bit embarrassing as class mates latched onto that and called me it for years!!
"I recently received a letter calling me Facktiarna...nice".
Faoiltiarna also provided photo evidence for the Facktiarna fail... it might be the best/worst name fail we've seen to date.
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