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HelpRe: We talk about the slaughter of spellings, what about pronunciations?
in reply to a message by Ceridwen
I've never had it happen to my first name but my surname is CONSTANTLY mispronounced. It is very unusual though.
The weirdest mispronunciation I know of is an actress called Gillian Blakeney who was in an Australian soap and her name was pronounced with a hard "G" as in gate because her mother had only seen it written down and didn't know how it was pronounced! I always thought that was pretty stupid. I think I'd make sure I knew how my own child's name should be said before they were born!
The weirdest mispronunciation I know of is an actress called Gillian Blakeney who was in an Australian soap and her name was pronounced with a hard "G" as in gate because her mother had only seen it written down and didn't know how it was pronounced! I always thought that was pretty stupid. I think I'd make sure I knew how my own child's name should be said before they were born!
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My (married) last name is unusual for the area, we're the only one in town.However, it's usually pronounced right, being as it's spelled as it's said, as it's rendered phonetically from Arabic.
No problem with my given name, Jean, except, as I've groused about before, it's taken to be a male name, which of course it is in French.
No problem with my given name, Jean, except, as I've groused about before, it's taken to be a male name, which of course it is in French.
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You'd probably be able to pronounce my surname as it's French, maybe it's even used in Canada? I don't blame people for mispronouncing foreign names but it is annoying!
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