AIBU for pronouncing the name Brooke as BrOOKe rather than Bruck

She would never say that, though, because her name isn't Clur pronounced in various accents. It's Claire, and in her accent it sound like Clur but someone without that accent saying Clur would sound bloody stupid. As far as she knows, she is saying Claire, not Clur!

There's no logic or consistency in what you're saying.

Changing a T sound to a D doesn't change the pronunciation, but changing an UH sound to an OOO sound does? Come on, both are alterations caused by different accents.

Saying a New York Danny in a Derbyshire accent makes no difference but saying Brooke in a Newcastle accent makes the name unrecognisable? Nonsense.

Your definition of what is a "slight" change and what isn't it completely arbitrary.

Brooke said in a Newcastle accent isn't a different name to Brooke said in a Yorkshire accent. Only the accent has changed. People say names in different accents.

I've googled it and it sounds the same? Danny (dannee), Katie (kaytee), I wouldn't be changing the construct of their name, it would be the same recognisable name if I said it back to them in my own accent, which is what I would do.

a T and a D rhymes, so with Katie (Kaytee/Kaydee) you aren't changing the construct or sound of the name by using your own accent. it's just a slight change on the consonant sound, you wouldn't be saying a different name by using a different accent, so unless I'm missing something I'm not quite sure what you're getting at?

Changing an UH sound to an OOO sound, changes the pronunciation, which is the problem with names like Brooke.

But if you called her Claire and she said, I actually prefer Clur.. you would still continue to call her Claire "because you are right"?

Wouldn't you just call her by what she wants?

It's not mimicking her accent to use the name Clur, I can say it in my accent perfectly fine, it doesn't matter that her name is spelled Claire, it is her name and her choice what she asks people to call her.

But if you called her Claire and she said, I actually prefer Clur.. you would still continue to call her Claire "because you are right"?

Wouldn't you just call her by what she wants?

It's not mimicking her accent to use the name Clur, I can say it in my accent perfectly fine, it doesn't matter that her name is spelled Claire, it is her name and her choice what she asks people to call her.

Are liverpudlians unable to make the same sounds as other people? 🤔

I've googled it and it sounds the same? Danny (dannee), Katie (kaytee), I wouldn't be changing the construct of their name, it would be the same recognisable name if I said it back to them in my own accent, which is what I would do.

a T and a D rhymes, so with Katie (Kaytee/Kaydee) you aren't changing the construct or sound of the name by using your own accent. it's just a slight change on the consonant sound, you wouldn't be saying a different name by using a different accent, so unless I'm missing something I'm not quite sure what you're getting at?

Changing an UH sound to an OOO sound, changes the pronunciation, which is the problem with names like Brooke.

For exactly the same reason that a Liverpudlian might pronounce Claire as "Clur".; Because that's how it is said in that accent.

Yeah it doesn’t rhyme with Duck! 🦆

Are liverpudlians unable to make the same sounds as other people? 🤔

The common noun 'brook' , the surname Brooke and the transferred given name are all pronounced with a double o sound in standard English and in all the areas I know of.

See the Wiktionary entry
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Brooke

The audio file is of a Southern English speaker.

'bruck' is a very, er, individual pronunciation.

I don't think they're pronouncing it's Bruck in the way people are thinking on here ie rhyming with luck, I think that might be just how the OP is trying to explain the sound.

I think the way the OP says it (due to accent) it rhymes with fluke, when it should rhyme with look. But to the OP fluke and look rhyme.

I can hear how Brooke can almost sound like Bruck if you say the oo sound very softly.

For exactly the same reason that a Liverpudlian might pronounce Claire as "Clur".; Because that's how it is said in that accent.

It’s not a wrong pronunciation though is it? It’s just an accent. If I went to America I wouldn’t be “mispronouncing” The weird water of I said it with a “t” instead of a “d”sound. But I would be pronouncing it differently from the locals

But if she’s telling you it’s boo-kay and not bo-kay, why can’t you just say boo-kay? Because you wouldn’t normally say boo-kay? Well, so what? It’s her name, it’s pronounced how it is. I’d imagine you can say boo-kay as well as you can say Bruck? FWIW, I say bo-kay, but when Mrs Bucket tells me it’s boo-kay then boo-kay it is.

Does anyone pronounce it Bruck? Book isn’t pronounced buck, look isn’t pronounced luck so I’m not sure where you’re getting this from. Brook does rhymes with book and look though, but no u sound. I from the south and no one would say bruck.

Am American introduces himself to you as Danny.

How do you say Danny in your Derbyshire accent the way he says it without mimicking his accent?

I'm not sure I'm following.. where has the D come from? In Derbyshire Katie is usually pronounced Kaytee.. apparently in other places it is pronounced without the t.

Bouquet is a good example.

It can be pronounced Boo-kay (mainly UK) or Bo-kay (mainly American).

Calling her Hyacinth Bucket would be deliberately rude.

Calling her Bouquet, of either pronunciation, is just an accent.

Of course you wouldn't 😂 you'd just say Julie in your own accent

But they aren't saying it "correctly"!!.. there's no right and wrong with accents, just differences! You can tell how biased you are.

The CORRECT way to pronounce someone name is how they WANT you to pronounce it, if you pronouncing it in your own dialect changes it to a different word then you are actually constructing the word incorrectly.

Accents don't really come into it.. I can say Brewk and Bruck in my same accent, I would call Brooke whatever she wanted quite easily without mimicking anyone's accent or changing my voice in any way.

Because you can't ask people to completely change their accent when they're saying it correctly, just in a different accent.

Giraffe and scarf is exactly the one I was thinking of!

We have another other book that tries to rhyme four and sure too.