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HelpSORRY if anyone is offended
in reply to a message by brydz
but I don't see how completely non-traditional pronunciations aren't seen as stupid? you are all standing up for peoples rights to say names however they want..
yet how is that different to people spelling names however they want?
you say Chloe prn Clo is normal, but yet you'd probably jump on the name bashing band wagon if it was khlowee prn Clo-ee...
I think if there are legit variations due to different regions, and dialects and accents etc. that is fine.
but why have a kid called Adelle and prn it Add-elle?
yet how is that different to people spelling names however they want?
you say Chloe prn Clo is normal, but yet you'd probably jump on the name bashing band wagon if it was khlowee prn Clo-ee...
I think if there are legit variations due to different regions, and dialects and accents etc. that is fine.
but why have a kid called Adelle and prn it Add-elle?
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I agree.
Compared to most people on the board, I'm fairly conservative when it comes to names. I pronounce names the way they are pronounced in the U.S., so whenever I hear someone who was also born and raised in the U.S. using a pretentious and awkward pronunciation for their child, I can't help but roll my eyes. If that's the way the name is pronounced in a different country, that's fine, but if you're only trying to be kre8tyve, stop it. Your little Emma is going to be Emma, even if you pronounce it em-MAH. That's just the way it is.
Now that I'm venting, I'll say that I actually find mispronunciations ten times more annoying than butchered spellings. Butchered spellings are horrible, but mispronunciations reek of pretentiousness.
Compared to most people on the board, I'm fairly conservative when it comes to names. I pronounce names the way they are pronounced in the U.S., so whenever I hear someone who was also born and raised in the U.S. using a pretentious and awkward pronunciation for their child, I can't help but roll my eyes. If that's the way the name is pronounced in a different country, that's fine, but if you're only trying to be kre8tyve, stop it. Your little Emma is going to be Emma, even if you pronounce it em-MAH. That's just the way it is.
Now that I'm venting, I'll say that I actually find mispronunciations ten times more annoying than butchered spellings. Butchered spellings are horrible, but mispronunciations reek of pretentiousness.
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