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Names that are bad with regional accents.

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NeoMaxiZoomDweebie · 25/04/2013 16:52

Where we live Violet become Vaa'let which doesn't sound very nice at all. DH is Aussie so some names were a no go...such as Esme....became Is-My.

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Fimbo · 11/05/2013 21:00

Another Scot who cannot say Carl properly. But then I think it is more of an English name along with Trevor, not many Trevors in Scotland.

I hate my own name as it has a T in the middle which is always dropped, drives my mother crazy and then I think well it's a rubbish so it's your fault whichever way you look at it. He he Grin

Amelie in a Glaswegian accent is just wrong, very very wrong.

robino · 11/05/2013 04:12

Hugo in broad West Yorkshire. No H, a flat o and something very weird goes on with the u. Unfortunately, said Hugo was one of those children who liked to run off and his mother was often to be found yelling it after him.

CookieB · 11/05/2013 02:16

Glitterkitten24 I know what you mean. Karl=Carol
Darren= Darn
Daryl=Darllllll
Arghhh why so hard?
Creg really annoys me tho.

doublecakeplease · 28/04/2013 17:28

A bloke i used to work with is from northumberland - i thought head a son named Paul as he often referred
to 'wor porl'. Turns out he had a daughter named Pearl

JollyPurpleGiant · 28/04/2013 16:00

Yup madaki, that's why Carl and Pearl don't work in Scotland as we roll our Rs :)

treaclesoda · 28/04/2013 15:21

I've butchered that joke. It should be 'they can't call him nathin' [nothing] they have to call him something'

treaclesoda · 28/04/2013 15:19

You can't call a child Nathan where I live, it doesn't work. There is a joke round here that goes

'they called the wee boy Nathan'
'they can't call him Nathan, they have to call him something ...'

racingheart · 28/04/2013 15:05

Nathan in East End is Knife-un

My sister's Belfast M-i-L calls her Kee-a-dee

ControlGeek · 28/04/2013 15:04

Rose in a Hull accent is Ruuurz. Not good.

madaki · 28/04/2013 14:55

But the r in mourn (and in fact door) aren't pronounced as such, in some accents.

In a london accent or and aw are homophones... Not the same in all accents, but that's the point if this thread. It's not right or wrong, just different.

soontobeslendergirl · 28/04/2013 12:53

but there is no "r" in Dawn Confused

JollyPurpleGiant · 28/04/2013 06:25

Thanks madaki :)

ThinkAboutItTomorrow · 28/04/2013 06:23

Demi or Debbie type names in Yorkshire. Sound more like Demeh and Debeh. Just sound thick for some reason.

CookieB · 28/04/2013 05:54

In Glasgow Darren becomes Darn. In America Craig turns out Creg.

madaki · 28/04/2013 05:49

Well if I said it, Dawn would be pronounced to rhyme with mourn (or door-n) whilst don would be like long (but without the g obviously)

soontobeslendergirl · 27/04/2013 22:48

I think it is supposed to have a longer "aww" sound in the middle - in my accent the "aw" sounds a very clipped "o"

JollyPurpleGiant · 27/04/2013 22:37

How else would you pronounce Dawn??

I know a Luke who insists that Luke and look should be pronounced differently. I have no idea what he's talking about. They sound the same to me.

soontobeslendergirl · 27/04/2013 21:57

Dawn - in my scottish accent it's Don.

madaki · 27/04/2013 05:39

Grace in a brummie accent. To me (Londoner) it sounds like 'Grice' except dragged out so Griiiiiice.
Love the accents for everything other than that name.

MolotovCocktail · 26/04/2013 21:08

Oh yeah, Amelie with a Brummie accent is 'Am-uh-loi'

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orangepudding · 26/04/2013 18:32

Agree that Fleur sounds pretty bad in most accents, Amelie also sounds awful in many UK accents which is a shame as it's a beautiful name.

MolotovCocktail · 26/04/2013 18:22

Oh, and a name such as Violet becomes 'Voi-lut'.

MolotovCocktail · 26/04/2013 14:17

Brummie accent here, so any long vowel sounds tend to sound longer than they should: Grace becomes 'Graaayce', Nathan becomes 'Naaaythun'.

littleginger · 26/04/2013 11:30

Ahhh I see silly me. I've just actually sat here and practiced with my dodgy irish (it sounds neither northern or southern so I wont specify!) accent and I totally get you. Sounds much nicer!

forgetmenots · 26/04/2013 10:08

Littleginger it's not wrong it's just different accents! We roll the R so it's ORRla, no 'awl' sound :)

But we can't say Carl because of the same rolling R!! :)