Sometimes B'Elanna just wants to crack everyone over the head with a bat'leth. Is it really that hard to pronounce her name?
Its B'Elanna. Bey-El-Ah-Nah, with an extra emphasis on the Bey. Said fluidly, not all separated, and certainly not Bell-ana. She understands that they aren't Klingon, and their human tongues and throats might not want to say her name right. She gets that they might not realize that they're pronouncing it wrong. But every single time, it grates on her ears like there's a targ trying to break into engineering by way of the plasma conduits.
Ensign Nobody to Bellana.
Hi, I'm Bellana Torres, chief engineer. How can I help you today?
Instead of I'm B'Elanna Torres and if you pronounce my name wrong one more time you'll find yourself with a broken nose. Or face, I'm not too picky.
Kahless, sometimes she even says it wrong, when she's too bone-tired to argue them into the correct sounds. You get worn down after decades of stupid petaQ's giving you gormless looks and mangling the word that represents you.
She thinks that's one of the reasons Tom wormed his way into her heart - he sometimes got it right. And sometimes is a hell of a lot better than never.
Still, B'Elanna feels bitter.