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Help[Opinions] Re: Purposefully mispronounced names
in reply to a message by New_Chloe
I know a couple of people who gave their children Irish names, Siobhan and Saoirse, that they mispronounce but I am not positive that they ever really knew how to say them properly. I think it's kind of dumb to name your child something you cannot pronounce or think sounds better mispronounced.
This message was edited 5/5/2009, 10:58 AM
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I agree too. I'd pronounce those correctly, and then to have myself corrected... I'd feel awkward.
It's hard enough with 'made up' names that you have to make a guess at, but real names said badly? :/
It's hard enough with 'made up' names that you have to make a guess at, but real names said badly? :/
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I agree. Seems "dumb" to me, too.
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Out of interest...
How did they pronounce them?
How did they pronounce them?
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I agree - one should ideally know how to say their own child's name properly.
Growing up I had a last name that no-one could figure out because of the dastardly conjunction of two vowels (to make an "ow" sound, rather than an "oo" sound, which everyone thought it should be) and I got mighty tired of calling attention to myself every roll call by piping up "Actually, it's...". I can only imagine the fun little "Chlo" will experience.
Growing up I had a last name that no-one could figure out because of the dastardly conjunction of two vowels (to make an "ow" sound, rather than an "oo" sound, which everyone thought it should be) and I got mighty tired of calling attention to myself every roll call by piping up "Actually, it's...". I can only imagine the fun little "Chlo" will experience.
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