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Help[Opinions] Re: Frustrated by mispronunciation
in reply to a message by Haeri
Honestly, the first time I ever saw the name Rhys was in a book, and my intial pronunciation was "Rice". Later, of course, I looked it up, and now I know how to pronounce it a bit better (albeit, a Welsh person might cry listening to me...).
Rhys is not an English name, so it is a little unrealistic to expect English-speakers to pronounce it like the Anglicized Reese (which isn't even the "correct" pronunciation anyway). That being said, if you've corrected them, and they still pronounce it as Rice or Riss, then that's just laziness, imo.
Sorry for your frustration. :( If it makes you feel any better, I would assume Rhys was a boy. The name seems really masculine to me.
Rhys is not an English name, so it is a little unrealistic to expect English-speakers to pronounce it like the Anglicized Reese (which isn't even the "correct" pronunciation anyway). That being said, if you've corrected them, and they still pronounce it as Rice or Riss, then that's just laziness, imo.
Sorry for your frustration. :( If it makes you feel any better, I would assume Rhys was a boy. The name seems really masculine to me.
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