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[Opinions] Re: Purposefully mispronounced names

by Marija Luminitsa

5/6/2009, 10:21 AM

This might be a bit picky sounding, but I hate when I hear Italian names starting with Gia-, Gio-, and Giu- here in the states pronounced as gee-AH, gee-OH, and gee-OO instead of jah, jo, and joo. Fortunately, I only know one person with one of those names (it's Giacomo) and his parents were born in Italy, so it's jah, not gee-AH.

And since I'm on an Italian name kick, I know a someone named Raffaella and her parents pronounced it raf-ee-EL-ah.

I almost forgot. I went to school with a guy named Joel, pronounced jo-EL.

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- Gia (gio2475)

5/7/2009, 8:54 AM

I say Gia as gee-AH because just JAH sounds funny, but then again, I only use that on the internet, so I really don't say it at all. In real life I do try to have people pronounce Giovanna and Gianna correctly.

- mafiosa +4

5/6/2009, 11:12 AM

I pronounce Joel like that. It's the regular German pronunciation of the name and the only one I like. I didn't know it was considered wrong.

I hate the Italian Gi- thing as well. It's luckily not as common, but what I hate even more is that I know a Guiliana who pronounces her name joo-lee-AH-nah. It doesn't even make any sense.

- Marija Luminitsa

5/6/2009, 10:20 PM

Then I'm wrong.

- Schezar +2

5/6/2009, 2:35 PM

...

How else would you pronounce Guiliana?

- mafiosa +1

5/6/2009, 2:52 PM

Well, if I'd see it, I'd pronounce it gwil-ee-AN-a. Since when is "gui" pronounced as "joo"? Seems her parents got it confused with Giuliana.

- Schezar

5/7/2009, 3:19 AM

*smacks forehead*

Ahhh I had a dyslexic moment there for a moment. I was like, "What? That totally does NOT make sense Ela. What crack are you on?"

And then I realize... oh.

Lol. Woospie :)

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