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Help[Opinions] Re: Bad pronunciations/ spellings you've sighted?
in reply to a message by NobodyOfConsequence
I can't think of any off the top of my head but, in reference to Shakiaya, a lot of Russian names have an "I" in their names but I kind of like it. Viktoriya, Anatoliy, Anastasiya, Arkadiy, etc. Also, I see Maya more often than Maia. I actually pronounced Xalia zay-lee-uh when first seeing in. Like Xander or Xavier.
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What's wrong with those Russian names? The ending -iy is pronounced as two sounds in Russian, and -iya is pronounced as three sounds. Lots of Russian names are mispronounced in English.
This message was edited 3/9/2014, 12:07 AM
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I wasn't saying anything is wrong with them. I love Russian names.
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I know that a lot of names have an i and then a y, that's fine, they make the same sound. To me, Shakiaya should be said shak-EYE-yuh or shak-I-aya. But I find the i pointless in the correct pronunciation of this girl's name. We must have completely different accents when it comes to X names.
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