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Help[Opinions] UK/Spanish pronunciation problems
Hi everyone
I posted the other day about my 9 month´s old name, Gabriel Patrick, (father and grandfather).Thanks for all the replies by the way.I was regretting being so unoriginal with the name but now we have another problem...pronunciation!I´m British and my husband is Spanish,(we live in Spain) in fact we call him Gabi and our son Gabe or Gabriel.but of course the Spanish pronunciation is Gabrielle, which in the UK is the girls version.I always say Gabriel, but our 2.5 yr old daughter says Gabrielle and everyone else too.
We´re going to Britain soon and believe it or not my father only calls the baby Patrick, after him, as if he is so proud he wants to ignore the Gabriel part. so I´m thinking, should we just start calling him Pâtrick and be done with all the fuss? Or is Gabriel a much nicer name than Patrick? What do you think? Here in Spain Patrick would be a lovely gesture to my Irish father but they say it quite horribly, like PAtreeeek!Sorry to go on and on but I really would like some advice.Is Patrick really old-fashioned?
Thank you
Lesley
I posted the other day about my 9 month´s old name, Gabriel Patrick, (father and grandfather).Thanks for all the replies by the way.I was regretting being so unoriginal with the name but now we have another problem...pronunciation!I´m British and my husband is Spanish,(we live in Spain) in fact we call him Gabi and our son Gabe or Gabriel.but of course the Spanish pronunciation is Gabrielle, which in the UK is the girls version.I always say Gabriel, but our 2.5 yr old daughter says Gabrielle and everyone else too.
We´re going to Britain soon and believe it or not my father only calls the baby Patrick, after him, as if he is so proud he wants to ignore the Gabriel part. so I´m thinking, should we just start calling him Pâtrick and be done with all the fuss? Or is Gabriel a much nicer name than Patrick? What do you think? Here in Spain Patrick would be a lovely gesture to my Irish father but they say it quite horribly, like PAtreeeek!Sorry to go on and on but I really would like some advice.Is Patrick really old-fashioned?
Thank you
Lesley
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