^^ Damn... sucks. Well, if it makes ya feel any better, my name, Akin, has been ridiculed beyond belief. You pronounce it, Ah - keen, but no, teachers would get it wrong and call me, Ay - kin, and much to my chagrin, the name stuck and my peers would rhyme my name with bacon, 'achin, 'shakin, Kraken, 'takin, 'bakin, and all sorts of crap. Of course, now that I'm older, I've start to look past it, but my friends and others still call me by "Akin Bacon" and the name has really stuck. It's irritating, but sometimes, girls call me by it, and they laugh in a good way, so it's not a total loss...