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HelpBut she knows the pronunciation
in reply to a message by Laurie
She wrote that Chloe "sounds NOTHINg like it looks, it looks like ch-lo, not klo-ee."
So it is not that she is ignorant of the pronunciation of Chloe.
If someone did not know the pronunciation of Niamh it is not ethnocentric. But if they know that it is Neve and still say "it sounds nothing like it looks", it seems ethnocentric to me.
And most names are not English from the beginning, I would think that people on an etymological site would know that.
- She said he made a racial slur!
- Racial? She is Swedish!
- Maybe he called her Meatball.
"I’ve given it a lot of thought, and I’ve decided to be spontaneous."
So it is not that she is ignorant of the pronunciation of Chloe.
If someone did not know the pronunciation of Niamh it is not ethnocentric. But if they know that it is Neve and still say "it sounds nothing like it looks", it seems ethnocentric to me.
And most names are not English from the beginning, I would think that people on an etymological site would know that.
- She said he made a racial slur!
- Racial? She is Swedish!
- Maybe he called her Meatball.
"I’ve given it a lot of thought, and I’ve decided to be spontaneous."
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