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HelpFunny mispronounciation of Madison
I was at the YMCA and a non-native English speaker was asking another mom what her daughter's name was. The daughter's name was Madison but the other mom thought she was saying "Medicine" and was asking why she would name her child that. It was pretty funny for me, but Madison's mom was pretty upset.
I never realized that Madison sounds like medicine! Yet another argument against the name.
I never realized that Madison sounds like medicine! Yet another argument against the name.
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My teacher does that....
There used to be a girl named Madisen (spelled like that) in my math class. My teacher, who has a german accent, would always say medicine.
There used to be a girl named Madisen (spelled like that) in my math class. My teacher, who has a german accent, would always say medicine.
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I think it some accents the 'a' and 'e' are less distinct. They're very distinct in mine. I know that in some places Keren would sound the same as Karen. Am I think of Oz / New Zealand perhaps? These vowel differences are so subtle I can easily see how they'd be confused by a non-native speaker, though. I'm surprised Madison's mother took it personally - I wonder how many foreign languages *she* tries to speak, but that's a different rant...
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Keren sounds totally different from how we (Kiwis) say Karen, but very similar to pronunciations of Karen that I've heard from US English speakers. I've never heard Madison pronounced like anything approaching Medicine, but then my perception of Kiwi vowels is probably different to a US english speaker (the other night at work I gave some American customers some feedback forms and they looked at me blankly - I had to say feedback a couple more times before it made sense to them lol). I can imagine someone with a very strong South African accent pronouncing Madison that way.
This message was edited 3/1/2008, 2:52 PM
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They sounds the same in the U.S., as far as I've experience
But it's not because of an a sound so much as the fact that there is not an actual a-sound in the American pronunciation of Karen. Mad- and med- sound totally different to me.
But it's not because of an a sound so much as the fact that there is not an actual a-sound in the American pronunciation of Karen. Mad- and med- sound totally different to me.
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