--- title: ICYMI:  FROM NPR - WHY PRONOUNCING NAMES CORRECTLY MATTERS description: Pronouncing a person's name correctly matters. 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And, for most of that time, she didn't correct people. Sometimes she even made restaurant reservations under the name Rachel to avoid the pain and shame. But in the past few years, she has begun speaking up — and even correcting friends who have been mispronouncing her name for years. If you're not sure how to pronounce someone's name, the best solution is to simply ask, Tulshyan[ wrote](https://hbr.org/2020/01/if-you-dont-know-how-to-say-someones-name-just-ask) in *Harvard Business Review* last year. She recently spoke with Life Kit host Noor Wazwaz about her ideas — for correcting your own mistakes and for correcting others. If someone you know has been mispronouncing your name for years, she says, it's not too late to bring it up. Listen to Life Kit's interview with Tulshyan by pressing play on the audio above or [here](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3u8EGUd6qUbvHBqEPpMN6u?si=eb01250b42854836). Pronouncing names correctly is 'one of those ways that you can really practice anti-racism and practice allyship in the moment,' says Tulshyan, the founder of [Candour](https://www.rtulshyan.com/candour), an inclusion strategy firm. It's 'one of those very subtle but extremely important ways to get engaged and really stand up ... for communities that are nonwhite and largely have faced marginalization.'" \*\*\* ##### Learn how our enhanced student profiles can help:  [Student Profiles & Directories](https://appointlink.com/student-directories-profiles/). 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