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[Opinions] Non-intuitive pronunciations

by Anyechka

7/1/2006, 8:46 PM

Have you ever encountered names that are spelt to look like one name but pronounced like a totally different name? I once knew a girl whose name was spelt Chloe, yet pronounced Shiloh. She was naturally constantly correcting teachers. I also recently heard about a baby boy whose name is spelt Jerome, yet pronounced Jeremy.

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- Julia (JuliaF)

7/2/2006, 3:09 PM

I know a girl named Tania, said tuh-NEE-ah.

- mum2bubba

7/2/2006, 12:18 AM

Thats a bit wierd.

I used to know a girl named Dyanne, you'd think it was Dianne (only a trendy spelling) well it was actaully Dee-ahn. :)

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- Sabrina Fair (rainbowstars)

7/1/2006, 10:59 PM

maybe if it was spelled Chiloe it could be said Shiloh. LOL. But Chloe is no where near Shiloh. Poor girl.

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- BoiCrazii

7/1/2006, 10:56 PM

the chloe/shiloh thing i dont get but i sometimes pronounce jerome jeremy, so it doesnt matter

- Elemmennope

7/1/2006, 10:16 PM

Chloe said Shiloh. LMAO!

How nice of those parents to actually figure out how to pronounce the name before they used it. I'm guessing it was before it became so popular. She'd be better of just switching to the right pronunciation.

Ditto for poor Jerome.

- Elemmennope

7/1/2006, 10:16 PM

Double post, ignore.

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- Lillian (LillianAMS)

7/1/2006, 9:33 PM

I used to work with a black woman whose name was spelled Tanian and yet was pronounced tye-ANN-ah. Should have been TAN-ee-an. tye-ANN-ah said her father had named her, and had written her name on her birth certificate himself. He was an uneducated sharecropper.

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- DiViNe (divine90)

7/1/2006, 9:15 PM

Yes. My name is Daina (DAY-na) and you would think if was easy to pronounce, but NO! there have been so many ways people have said it. the weirdest was DEE-ar-na. I don't know where they got the R from...

i know that wasn't quite the same as prounouncing differently.... but people pronounce it weird when it's not supposed to be!

- Rachel (floppery)

7/1/2006, 9:09 PM

Ok the whole Chloe-Shiloh thing is weird, as you have to look closely to understand how they got the pronunciation ,but I see how to get Jeremy out of Jerome easily.

I dont beleive I have encountered one of these situations.

- Stevie (StevieGrl)

7/1/2006, 8:52 PM

I think they could at least spelled it Chiloh. So it looked somewhat similar. And Jerome, Jereme. But I do like both names. :)

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- Jackie (patchy) +1

7/1/2006, 8:48 PM

I don't know if this counts, but the Portuguese name Ailyn, looks as if it's pronounced AY-lin. Well, it'snot. It's pronounced like Eileen. Weird, Is'nt it?
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- Kelseyyy

7/1/2006, 9:53 PM

Oops sry shouldn't be under there

I know someone whose name is Alys (Alice) but pronounces it like Elise/Aleece. I also met a girl whose name was spelled Charlie, like the boy, but pronounced it like Carly...weird.

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