A nurse has revealed her shock at being informed she has been pronouncing the name Liam 'wrong' by an irate parent.
Lindsey Foster, who admits she is "bad" with names, told how her mind was blown after hearing the unusual pronunciation.
The US-based nurse was treating a youngster whose mum had chosen to put a unique twist on the common name.
Lindsey described how she was initially confident after seeing the conventional spelling, reports the Mirror.
However, taking to TikTok, she recounted the awkward moment she ended up "butchering" the child's name.
She said: "I'm a paediatric nurse and I'm from the deep, deep south, so I butcher everybody's name.
"If it's not something super simple like Ben or Sally, I'm gonna butcher it.
"So, I see a kid's name on our computer and I say 'Oh, Liam, I got this. L-I-A-M. Liam. Easy'.
"I go out, call the kid's name, nobody moves. Call him again. Nobody moves. Call him again nobody moves.
"Finally this mum stands up and says 'Do you mean 'Yum?'
"And I say 'No, Liam?' and she said 'Yeah, it's short for William'."
Lindsey finishes the video by doing a mind blown gesture, adding "boom".
Her clip went viral, being watched more than three million times and garnering over 196,000 likes.
Thousands of people also commented on the video, with one saying: "My son's name was Liam. His new name is Yum."
Another replied: "As a mum of a Liam, I am perturbed."
Others began sharing unfortunate and amusing names they'd come across.
Someone else said: "Had a student named Justin, last name Case. He said 'My mom thinks she has a sense of humour'."
"Had a patient named L-A, I called for LA. Mom quickly informed me it's pronounced Ladasha and did I not see the dash? Ummm ok," added a different user.
