@Gargron I like to let some people pronounce it wrong to remind me I don't care for them.

@Gargron Nice to meet you Uggins

@Gargron Nope. And also I think it's not fair to insist on correct pronunciation. Depending on the native language, it can be very challenging.

@Gargron I find it depends on how well I know the person. People I'm close to can call me just about anything and I'm fine with it.

@Gargron I am unsure of pronunciation; I know very little of Eugenics

I'd say you aren't. (Though I enjoy learning correct pronunciations of everyone's names.)

@Gargron I don't care either how people pronounce or even confuse my name as long as I know they mean me, because y memory for names is bad. I do take care with the pronunciation of other peoples' names though, as a sign of respect, and because it's fun to learn.

@Gargron , Gargamel,

@Gargron In Serbian one written letter one sound.
Eugen is Eugen.

@Gargron Now I really want to know: is the correct pronunciation with an oy like in 'Freunde'? And a g like in 'gala' or or dzj ('badge') or zj ('genre')?

@Gargron I met a guy with the same name a number of years back and he pronounced his name, phonetically speaking, Oygain. I'd recognize that as a Germanic pronunciation.

@Gargron Careful with that axe, Eugene

@Gargron Same here, I work with people from all around europe and middle east and each one of us has like 3/4 versions of his/her name depending on who is calling you. No one ever made a problem out of it.

@Gargron You forgot "website boy".

@Gargron Spanish people: «El Mastodontes».

Agree with others that this is pretty typical for an European, especially if you or someone in your social circle works with international people