I was at an event years ago where people were using their last names Me: My last name is Kimeria Person (who was sort of the moderator): I’ll just call you Kim Me( loudly): No. You will call me Kimeria I’m usually not assertive, but something about being too lazy to even attempt to properly pronounce my name pissed me off. Also, my last name is very close to a Japanese name (Kimura) so there have been a couple of funny incidents where people assume I’m Japanese before meeting me.