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HelpRe: How much does your accent influence your favourite name choices?
in reply to a message by ✧･ﾟ: *Magpie*:･ﾟ✧
As a bilingual person, for me the difference often comes from English vs. French. I enjoy some name in French but can't stand their English pronunciation (Blanche, Agnès for example). And the contrary is also true: some names are nice in English, but sound out of place in my head in French (Ada, Delilah, Sibyl come to mind).
I am from Québec and accents can be a sensitive subject here 'cause French people (from France) often look down on the way we speak. I'm actually proud of my accent and will defend it has much as I can. But there is a tendency amongst French Canadians to pronounce names ending in ''a'' like ''AW''. It's hard to describe but I often explain it as a ''low'' a. For example: AmandAW. Whereas, ''nicer'' French will say ''AmandAH''. It feels classist to say so because I want to avoid judging people on their accent, but I can't help it. I really prefer ''AmandAH''. It feels softer to my ears in French. And I think because of that, I would probably refrain from using a name ending with the letter ''A'' if I was to have children and raise them here. Not that these names are not nice, but I would go nuts hearing people say ''AlissAW'' and not ''AlissAH''
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I am from Québec and accents can be a sensitive subject here 'cause French people (from France) often look down on the way we speak. I'm actually proud of my accent and will defend it has much as I can. But there is a tendency amongst French Canadians to pronounce names ending in ''a'' like ''AW''. It's hard to describe but I often explain it as a ''low'' a. For example: AmandAW. Whereas, ''nicer'' French will say ''AmandAH''. It feels classist to say so because I want to avoid judging people on their accent, but I can't help it. I really prefer ''AmandAH''. It feels softer to my ears in French. And I think because of that, I would probably refrain from using a name ending with the letter ''A'' if I was to have children and raise them here. Not that these names are not nice, but I would go nuts hearing people say ''AlissAW'' and not ''AlissAH''
Don't hesitate to rate my different PNLs: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/246179
