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Help[Opinions] pronunciation + Elvis
How do you think a child named Elvis would be received?
Are there any names which you originally mispronounced, only to find that on learning the actual pronunciation you prefer yours? Do you think it would be possible to use an unconventional pronunciation, or would it be too much trouble to constantly correct people?
e.g. I really like
Briseis prn BRI-sees
Natalia prn na-ta-LEE-uh
the spelling Adrienne prn AY-dree-ahn (but I don't like the spelling Adrianne as much)
Berenice prn BEH-ruh-nees
Cheyenne - I quite like the shie-ANN prn, but I also quite like chay-EN
Amaury prn uh-MOR-ee
Constantin - kon-STAN-tin
Also there is a boy at the school I am working with. Some teachers call him Mikhail, prn mee-KIEL and other teachers say something more like nee-HAL. At first I thought they were talking to a different child! He apparently responds to both. Can anyone shed any light?
Are there any names which you originally mispronounced, only to find that on learning the actual pronunciation you prefer yours? Do you think it would be possible to use an unconventional pronunciation, or would it be too much trouble to constantly correct people?
e.g. I really like
Briseis prn BRI-sees
Natalia prn na-ta-LEE-uh
the spelling Adrienne prn AY-dree-ahn (but I don't like the spelling Adrianne as much)
Berenice prn BEH-ruh-nees
Cheyenne - I quite like the shie-ANN prn, but I also quite like chay-EN
Amaury prn uh-MOR-ee
Constantin - kon-STAN-tin
Also there is a boy at the school I am working with. Some teachers call him Mikhail, prn mee-KIEL and other teachers say something more like nee-HAL. At first I thought they were talking to a different child! He apparently responds to both. Can anyone shed any light?
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