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HelpRe: Thoughts on a nickname for my still-regretful name choice....
in reply to a message by Billina
Me neither-I didn't even know the name much, knew one older lady named that. I am truly surprised at how people are saying it, I am in the northeast, but from the south, and am getting it pronounced with said emphasis by maybe 1 out of 3 people. Even my good friend who hails from the midwest said that and also spells it Rosalee, (even though I've written it to her in its correct form/corrected her). Don't get me wrong, there ARE people who are saying it with the emphasis on the preferred/accurate syllable. Either way, I'll need to find a way to live with the name, either by letting it roll off my shoulders (at which I am clearly failing ATM) or find a solution with a nickname.
This message was edited 4/10/2012, 6:36 PM
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My name is Rachael, pronounced like Rachel. There are a lot of people who pronounce it Rochelle, but I simply correct them. It's one of those things a lot of people have to live with, and it's really not a big deal. It used to annoy me when I was a kid, but I got used to it, and now it just rolls off my back.
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Hi-My name is Caroline-always got mispronounced as Carolyn, but like you it bothered me a lot as a child, and as an adult I have gotten used to it-I do still correct people though and didn't want to wish that on my kids, especially giving her a name whose correction would be far more difficult due to its subtlety-but C'est la Vie with most names at least the more unusual ones, towards which I gravitate.
This message was edited 4/10/2012, 8:01 PM
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