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How would you pronounce Bleu?

186 replies

Iknowacrackingowlsanctuary · 16/06/2017 12:07

Ok, friend of a friend had a little boy a few days ago and announced name of fb. I ended up seeing the announcement because friend of a friend commented on it.

They've named their baby Bleu. Am I going mad? That's pronounced like Bl-er isn't it? Like Corden Bleu?

All comments are saying how lovely it is and how he is their 'little boy blue.'

I didn't say anything and then our my friend mentioned that her friend had had a little boy and named him Blue. I said "oh like the colour?" and she said "yes, but they've spelt it the french way, think it's Bleu"

I said that Bleu isn't pronounced Blue but Bl-er and she looked at me like this --> Hmm

Isn't this baby going to go through life with 'Bl-er' as a name or have I got it really wrong? Blush

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Lemondrop99 · 16/06/2017 19:31

Agreed Bleu is pronounced bleugh (like cordon bleu)

However if I saw it as a child's name, I'd probably assumed it was badly spelt and pronounced Blue purely because surely nobody would actually mean to call their child Bleugh?!! Confused

troodiedoo · 16/06/2017 19:21

These poor kids, there'll be a thread on here in 20 years "survivors of misspelt names unite".

IrritatedUser1960 · 16/06/2017 19:21

It will end up being Blue for the rest of his life and spelt wrong on fucking everything. I want to punch parents who do this....sorry but I really do.

KatharinaRosalie · 16/06/2017 19:15

It's like when companies put umlauts on letters, to look I don't know, Scandinavian and edgy? But ö or ü are of course totally different sounds than o or u

ZerbaPadnaTigre · 16/06/2017 19:10

It's decorative? I have no idea. We're not close enough that I can ask. Rosé/Rose and Bleu/Blue would be a nice sibling pair though.

KatharinaRosalie · 16/06/2017 19:03

um what do they think the accent on the e is for?

ZerbaPadnaTigre · 16/06/2017 18:57

I know somebody with a daughter called Rose but spelt Rosé. Her Mum says the same thing about it being the French spelling.

mummytobemaybe · 16/06/2017 17:53

Yeh the name is pronounced Bler

ScarletForYa · 16/06/2017 17:32

Blew.

ASDismynormality · 16/06/2017 17:30

I once met a boy called Maison, it was not pronounced Maison like a French house but May-son like Mason is pronounced. Why do people do this to their children!

HmmOkay · 16/06/2017 17:29

AndNoneForGretchenWieners, that made me laugh.

I am putting my money on Bunni-Bleu.

BeesOnTheWing · 16/06/2017 17:26

Geagwar?

TipBoov · 16/06/2017 17:24

andnone similar to a tiger, although not striped!

Decaffstilltastesweird · 16/06/2017 16:33

I knew a Jeune, pronounced June. It doesn't make it correct per se , it's just one of those things people like to do to be a bit different. It can end up looking a little silly in some cases though, imo.

harderandharder2breathe · 16/06/2017 16:32

My first thought was Bleurgh

Red is a nickname in OITNB it's not her real name (which is Galina I believe)

Youvegotafriendinme · 16/06/2017 16:31

I went to school with a girl with that name and same spelling- she pronounced it blue as well

SafeToCross · 16/06/2017 16:22

The thing is, there is such a wider variety or names, spellings and names originating from other countries and cultures, that it is not possible to know how each is spelt or said any more. May as well adapt to that as get frustrated with it.

Decaffstilltastesweird · 16/06/2017 16:06

It's definitely bluh

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 16/06/2017 15:28

tip Is it Zebbrah, Leppard or Focks?

MikeUniformMike · 16/06/2017 15:14

Sixtene - is the short form or nn Sick, Sis or Six?

Justmadeperfectflapjacks · 16/06/2017 15:13

Would have assumed Blue and the dps missed a lot of spelling tests at school. .

elQuintoConyo · 16/06/2017 15:10

Is their surname Tac?

livefornaps · 16/06/2017 15:08

Haha! I stand corrected

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 16/06/2017 15:02

'Bloo' Grin

MaisieDotes · 16/06/2017 14:58

There was a Sixtine in the family I did my exchange with, back in the days of yore (1990 or so).

The mother told me it was like "Sistine" as in the Sistine Chapel.