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I never claimed that there is only one proper pronounciation of "Eva"

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I was merely trying to make a point: The point is that there is NO right or wrong way to pronounce a proper name...They are individual and unique...I was trying to suggest that just because I didn't go with the more common way of pronouncing her name with a long "E" doesn't mean that the pronounciation is wrong...And that if someone tells you that your unique, individual name is pronounced wrong, then, yeah, by all means...tell them to cram it.
I never claimed there is only one correct pronounciation...;lin fact, that was the whole point behind my original post...I am not getting angry at anyone who suggests that there are several pronounciations...I got a little irritated when someone told me that "I can't" (they're words) take a traditional name and pronounce it differently than what is common, and that I am creating some huge burden on both the bearer of the name and anyone who has to try to pronounce it...I don't get upset at all when people read her name and call her EEva because that is the more commonly known way to say it...I politely tell them, "No, its Ehva." And then if they tell me (or her, for that matter) that it is wrong, THEY are wrong because, at least as I understand it, a name can be anything you want it to be...
And then I got annoyed mostly because someone went to great length to tell me how to type...and yes, if that is the rule, I will abide by it, I just think, personally, the rule is dumb. I think its dumb that you have to have insurance on your car to be able to drive legally, too, but its the rule, or law, so I reluctantly follow the rules on that one too.