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Help[Opinions] More mispronunciations of my name! Wdyt?
Shayna is now...
Shna-nee-na
Shun
Saw-duh
Shaw-duh
Say-duh
saw-rah
Say-na-rah
I think Shna-nee-na is the most interesting one yet. Really. How hard is it to look at my name and say shay-na. It sounds exactly like it looks. You know what else bothers me? When I say my name like five times in a row and people still pronounce it wrong. Come on!
Sorry for that rant. Wdyt of the mispronunciations, anyway. I actually quite like say-duh.
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Shna-nee-na
Shun
Saw-duh
Shaw-duh
Say-duh
saw-rah
Say-na-rah
I think Shna-nee-na is the most interesting one yet. Really. How hard is it to look at my name and say shay-na. It sounds exactly like it looks. You know what else bothers me? When I say my name like five times in a row and people still pronounce it wrong. Come on!
Sorry for that rant. Wdyt of the mispronunciations, anyway. I actually quite like say-duh.
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I could figure it out right away
And I'm not even American or English. If it was a Swedish name, I would pronounce it as "Shie-nah" according to Swedish pronounciation rules, but according to English rules it must be "Shay-nah".
Are people just being lazy? Or have they met too many complicated names and don't trust the most straightforward way anymore? Or are there more dyslectic people than we know?
I think Shaynah is a beautiful name, btw.
And I'm not even American or English. If it was a Swedish name, I would pronounce it as "Shie-nah" according to Swedish pronounciation rules, but according to English rules it must be "Shay-nah".
Are people just being lazy? Or have they met too many complicated names and don't trust the most straightforward way anymore? Or are there more dyslectic people than we know?
I think Shaynah is a beautiful name, btw.
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I would prononce Shayna either shie-nah (the most natural to me) or shay-nah. My great grandmother was Miriam Shaindel (shine-dul), by the way :)
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
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~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
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People pronounce my daughters name, Mattea, wrong sometimes. It is pronounced Ma-Tay-ah. It doesn't bother me so much when people see it and pronounce it Ma-Tee-ah, but when people pronounce it Ma-Thee-ah, May-Tee-ah or like Matty it anoys me.
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You can imagine what I get with Eilis.
"...I have for the first time found what I can truly love--I have found you. You are my sympathy--my better self--my good angel--I am bound to you with a strong attachment. I think you good, gifted, lovely: a fervent, a solemn passion is conceived in my heart; it leans to you..."
"...I have for the first time found what I can truly love--I have found you. You are my sympathy--my better self--my good angel--I am bound to you with a strong attachment. I think you good, gifted, lovely: a fervent, a solemn passion is conceived in my heart; it leans to you..."
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Just out of curiosity, how do YOU pronounce Eilis? I've heard it as:
Eye-lish
Ay-lish
Eye-leesh
Ay-leesh
Eye-lish
Ay-lish
Eye-leesh
Ay-leesh
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EYE lish. I've played around with different pronunciations but this is what I've always been and it also appeals to me most, thank goodness. :-) It's been the easiest for other people as well.
"...I have for the first time found what I can truly love--I have found you. You are my sympathy--my better self--my good angel--I am bound to you with a strong attachment. I think you good, gifted, lovely: a fervent, a solemn passion is conceived in my heart; it leans to you..."
"...I have for the first time found what I can truly love--I have found you. You are my sympathy--my better self--my good angel--I am bound to you with a strong attachment. I think you good, gifted, lovely: a fervent, a solemn passion is conceived in my heart; it leans to you..."
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I like:
Shaw-duh
Say-duh
Not quite sure to say about the whole mispronunciation thing. Uh, Good luck?
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Shaw-duh
Say-duh
Not quite sure to say about the whole mispronunciation thing. Uh, Good luck?
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