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HelpWhat names did you use to mispronounce?
I used to pronounce Aurora as AW-ruh-ruh.
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Nevaeh. Always thought it was "ne-VAY".
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it should be ne-VAY
I think the only correct pronunciation of Nevaeh is ne-VAY. I mean the word "heaven" has two syllables so Nevaeh should be pronounced with two syllables as well. The "Ne" part is pronounced neh, the "ae" is pronounced as ay and the "h" is silent, well not silent but it just makes the "ay" sound longer. So ne-VAY or neh-VAY are the only pronunciations that make sense.
You could also pronounce it with three syllables but I still don't get how you would end up with the most common nuh-VAY-ah pronunciation. "Ne" again makes the neh sound then there's the "v" and then the "aeh" which make an ay sound but you could split it up so that the "a" makes an ah sound and the "eh" an "eh" or "ay" sound. So neh-VAH-eh would make sense but not nuh-VAY-ah.
hmmmm yeah I thought about this name a lot recently :P it just really bothers me and even know so people who say NEE-vy and NAY-vy.
I think the only correct pronunciation of Nevaeh is ne-VAY. I mean the word "heaven" has two syllables so Nevaeh should be pronounced with two syllables as well. The "Ne" part is pronounced neh, the "ae" is pronounced as ay and the "h" is silent, well not silent but it just makes the "ay" sound longer. So ne-VAY or neh-VAY are the only pronunciations that make sense.
You could also pronounce it with three syllables but I still don't get how you would end up with the most common nuh-VAY-ah pronunciation. "Ne" again makes the neh sound then there's the "v" and then the "aeh" which make an ay sound but you could split it up so that the "a" makes an ah sound and the "eh" an "eh" or "ay" sound. So neh-VAH-eh would make sense but not nuh-VAY-ah.
hmmmm yeah I thought about this name a lot recently :P it just really bothers me and even know so people who say NEE-vy and NAY-vy.
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Catriona - didn't realise the o was silent
Alix - thought this pronounced the same as Alex
Siobhan - when I was much younger I tried to pronounce this phonetically
Lila - used to think it was Lee-la
Leonard - my family still like to remind me of when I was a kid and I referred to Leonard Cohen as Lee-o-nard Co-hen.
There are probably more...
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Alix - thought this pronounced the same as Alex
Siobhan - when I was much younger I tried to pronounce this phonetically
Lila - used to think it was Lee-la
Leonard - my family still like to remind me of when I was a kid and I referred to Leonard Cohen as Lee-o-nard Co-hen.
There are probably more...
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This message was edited 8/25/2008, 1:38 AM
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I think Irish names are the hardest to pronounce IMO.
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I'm a bit bored, so I'll make a list:
Aoife
Aine
Eleutheria
Evangelos
Ioanna & Ioannis
Mihaela
Noor
Oenone
Panagiota
Vangelis
Wojciech
Xochitl
Zoe
Various names in Italian starting with Gia-/Gio-/Giu
Loads of French names before I started to get a grasp of French pronunciations. I'm still learning.
Aoife
Aine
Eleutheria
Evangelos
Ioanna & Ioannis
Mihaela
Noor
Oenone
Panagiota
Vangelis
Wojciech
Xochitl
Zoe
Various names in Italian starting with Gia-/Gio-/Giu
Loads of French names before I started to get a grasp of French pronunciations. I'm still learning.
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oh, loads! Mostly ancient Greek names (of course) and Irish names. There's this YA book series called Sweep and a lot of the characters in it have Irish names (it's about witches, most of whom are Irish) and while the characters sometimes explained to other characters how to pronounce their names, sometimes they didn't... which led to some confusion for a 14 y.o. :-) Although I was lucky that there were some Irish kids in my school and so I was able to ask them how to pronounce some names, since they had equally strangely spelled names haha
I also used to pronounce Lyra (which is one of my top 5 fav girl names) as leer-ah instead of lye-rah... I used to hate the latter but now it's how I say it naturally and I've come to love it just as much as leer-ah.
And then, of course, there were all the names from when I was a kid that I had no idea how to say.
For the most part, though, I'm quite good at sounding words out how they're supposed to be. This site has definitely helped, as has my inherent interest in linguistics and languages.
I also used to pronounce Lyra (which is one of my top 5 fav girl names) as leer-ah instead of lye-rah... I used to hate the latter but now it's how I say it naturally and I've come to love it just as much as leer-ah.
And then, of course, there were all the names from when I was a kid that I had no idea how to say.
For the most part, though, I'm quite good at sounding words out how they're supposed to be. This site has definitely helped, as has my inherent interest in linguistics and languages.
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Isla, which is understandable when you consider I'm a Spanish buff. Also Orlaith and Persephone (that took me a while and then I was like duh!)...All I can think of at the moment.
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Saoirse. I used to pronounce it Say-oh-irse.
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Ophelia
which is funny, because it's now one of my favourite names. I used to say ope-FELL-ee-uh. Almost immediately after I found out it was pronounced oh-FEEL-ee-uh, I fell in love with it and haven't looked back ;)
which is funny, because it's now one of my favourite names. I used to say ope-FELL-ee-uh. Almost immediately after I found out it was pronounced oh-FEEL-ee-uh, I fell in love with it and haven't looked back ;)
This message was edited 8/24/2008, 5:14 PM
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Andromache - 'AN-dro-MAH-chee'
Calliope - 'CAH-lee-OH-pee'
Dionysus - 'die-ON-ee-sus'
Persephone - 'per-seh-FOH-nee' (which I think is the Modern Greek pronunciation?)
Calliope - 'CAH-lee-OH-pee'
Dionysus - 'die-ON-ee-sus'
Persephone - 'per-seh-FOH-nee' (which I think is the Modern Greek pronunciation?)
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When I was learning how to talk, (Great) Aunt Mable came out Aunt Maple. She didn't mind.
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I also pronounced Calliope that way
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I need to break this habit of posting under the wrong person, sorry!
Joaquin- I thought it was pronounced JO-quin, how it looks. I actually like this pronunciation better than wah-KEEN though.
Joaquin- I thought it was pronounced JO-quin, how it looks. I actually like this pronunciation better than wah-KEEN though.
This message was edited 8/24/2008, 4:03 PM
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I used to pronounce it that way as well.
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