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Help[Opinions] Re: lol, maybe her parents are heavy metal fans.
in reply to a message by Kit
Since Regan has no other pesky vowels near the e, such clarification is not needed and is only for decoration or "coolness" - like rock dots.
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Not understanding. If it makes people pronounce it with a long "e" as opposed to "eh" like they would Megan, what's wrong with it?
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But, Regan is conventionally pronounced REE-gan, not RAY-gan. If you just spell it Regan, I think most people will say REE-gan. Like in the Exorcist. Regan "RAY-gan" is the unconventional way. A lot of people pronounce Megan as MEE-gan, too. The conventional pronunciation of Megan where I live is MEG-an, like "beggin'" not like MAY-gan. I can hardly imagine anyone assuming Regan is "REG-an."
I'm inclined to pronounce Rëgan as "RAY-gan" because the mark seems to be telling me it is pronounced differently from what is normal. YMMV
Anyway, Rëgan seems to be inspired by names like Chloë and Brontë, but it ends up looking pretty airheaded, because the mark in those names is there to tell you that the ë is pronounced as a separate syllable, not to tell you that it's EE instead of AY. =\
I'm inclined to pronounce Rëgan as "RAY-gan" because the mark seems to be telling me it is pronounced differently from what is normal. YMMV
Anyway, Rëgan seems to be inspired by names like Chloë and Brontë, but it ends up looking pretty airheaded, because the mark in those names is there to tell you that the ë is pronounced as a separate syllable, not to tell you that it's EE instead of AY. =\
This message was edited 6/24/2011, 11:24 AM
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Perhaps it's true that RAY-gan is the unconventional way to say it, but from my reading on the name, there are a lot of people who spell it Regan, but pronounce it RAY-gan and a lot who assume it's spelled like Ronald Re(a)gan's name and that it's a tribute to him so they pronounce it accordingly.
I guess Reegan is the safest way to go about spelling/pronunciation.
I guess Reegan is the safest way to go about spelling/pronunciation.
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