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HelpRe: Names you've been mispronouncing this whole time?
in reply to a message by thenightsnotover1
So many times
Aloysius as "al-oy-see-is" instead of "al-o-ish-is"
Alana as "uh-lah-na" instead of "uh-lan-a"
Leland as "leh-lind" instead of "lee-lind"
Xavier as "ex-ay-vee-er" instead of "zay-vee-er"
Micheala as "my-kull-uh" instead of "mi-kay-la"
Ambrose as "am-brohs" instead of "am-brahz"
Any Japanese name with "hide" in it is "KHEE-DEH", not "hee-deh". Hideko. Hideki. Hideaki.
In Japanese names ending in "Ji" I mispronounced them as "Jee" instead of "ZHEE". In Jiro and Jirota, it is "jee" because it's at the beginning.
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Aloysius as "al-oy-see-is" instead of "al-o-ish-is"
Alana as "uh-lah-na" instead of "uh-lan-a"
Leland as "leh-lind" instead of "lee-lind"
Xavier as "ex-ay-vee-er" instead of "zay-vee-er"
Micheala as "my-kull-uh" instead of "mi-kay-la"
Ambrose as "am-brohs" instead of "am-brahz"
Any Japanese name with "hide" in it is "KHEE-DEH", not "hee-deh". Hideko. Hideki. Hideaki.
In Japanese names ending in "Ji" I mispronounced them as "Jee" instead of "ZHEE". In Jiro and Jirota, it is "jee" because it's at the beginning.
https://youtube.com/@MarioDrama632 or
https://youtube.com/@Objects_2763 :3
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Ex-ay-vee-er and uh-lah-na aren't wrong. They're both acceptable pronunciations for those names.
This message was edited 4/20/2024, 2:03 PM
I always want to pronounce Xavier as “ex-ay-vee-er” too.
I've never heard "am-brahz". Or did you mean the S instead of Z? Like you rhymed it with gross instead of with doze?
I can't read the pronunciation for shit, my bad... To clarify, I read it with an S. So like gross instead of doze.
I still prefer "al-oy-see-us".
I've only ever heard Alana as "uh-lah-na", there's no way that's wrong!
I've also only ever heard Ambrose with a long "oh"
I've only ever heard Alana as "uh-lah-na", there's no way that's wrong!
I've also only ever heard Ambrose with a long "oh"