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Help[Opinions] Re: Using Names You Can't Pronounce
in reply to a message by Lumiereslove
As kudriashkajo said, I assume you mean "correctly."
The only example of this I've heard of was in a family my mom knew. This family lived a very isolated, backwoods lifestyle. They had a daughter named Yvonne, which they pronounced WY-vun-ee. My mom said the mother had seen the name in print but did not know the "correct" pronunciation of ee-VONN.
On the other hand, it's fairly common, in my experience, to encounter a name that the bearer insists is pronounced differently than you might assume. I once knew a Joan who called herself jo-ANN, for example. I also knew an Avis who called herself AV-is (not AY-vis). And there are plenty of less-common names that bearers pronounce rather oddly.
edited to add Avis
The only example of this I've heard of was in a family my mom knew. This family lived a very isolated, backwoods lifestyle. They had a daughter named Yvonne, which they pronounced WY-vun-ee. My mom said the mother had seen the name in print but did not know the "correct" pronunciation of ee-VONN.
On the other hand, it's fairly common, in my experience, to encounter a name that the bearer insists is pronounced differently than you might assume. I once knew a Joan who called herself jo-ANN, for example. I also knew an Avis who called herself AV-is (not AY-vis). And there are plenty of less-common names that bearers pronounce rather oddly.
edited to add Avis
This message was edited 2/27/2013, 7:33 AM
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