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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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viques · 16/06/2017 12:44

Friends wanted to call their baby Ava, but pronounce it Eva. Luckily sense prevailed.

flowery · 16/06/2017 12:44

Surely in no language would that be pronounced 'blue'?! He'll get called 'bleurgh' his whole life, poor lad.

BeesOnTheWing · 16/06/2017 12:41

Bluh

newbian · 16/06/2017 12:40

jamrock which part of the US, I'm American and have never ever heard of it!

Honestly the stuff people on MN say is "popular in America" is bizarre, don't blame us for this! Hmm

KatharinaRosalie · 16/06/2017 12:40

Just taking foreign names/words and making up a pronounciation is an odd practice. I'm not talking about the different versions of the same name (Michael/Mikael/Miguel etc) but I wouldn't call my son Miguel and then insist it's really pronounced Michael. Or make up my own version, like A-nay out of Anaïs. The DC will spend their entire life correcting people.

Thinkingabouthowlifechanges · 16/06/2017 12:35

I'd say Bleurgh

IsabelleSE19 · 16/06/2017 12:34

Bler.

At least Adolf is easy to pronounce.

KatharinaRosalie · 16/06/2017 12:33

It's pronounced Blue - but why, or..how? I am not a native English speaker but if I assumed this is a word in English, I would not pronounce it as blue. And if it's supposed to be French, it's certainly not pronounced blue.

MikeUniformMike · 16/06/2017 12:33

Bleurgh. They should have called him Blue.

OohMavis · 16/06/2017 12:31

It's pronounced Blue

No, blue is pronounced blue Grin

Bleu is French and is pronounced bler!

steppemum · 16/06/2017 12:31

definitely Bleurgh!

Horrible name for a kid.

If you want to call him Blue, then call him Blue!

msocean · 16/06/2017 12:31

I'd pronounce it the way you'd say "bleu" in "schnitzel cordon bleu".

BendydickCuminsnatch · 16/06/2017 12:30

Jam It's not pronounced 'blue' though Confused It's french.

BendydickCuminsnatch · 16/06/2017 12:30

Blur/bleurgh/blerr

Interesting choice!

jamrock · 16/06/2017 12:29

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OohMavis · 16/06/2017 12:29

I mean it does look very pretty and French. But it doesn't sound very pretty at all.

Has anyone seen Hotel Transylvania? "I do not say bleurgh, bleurgh bleurgh!" - that's all I'm thinking of.

Iknowacrackingowlsanctuary · 16/06/2017 12:27

Thank heavens, I thought I was going mad!!

You can't just take a word, spell it the French way but pronounce it the English way!

Bleurgh is exactly the sound I was making when ranting to my Mum and DH about it!

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OohMavis · 16/06/2017 12:25

Skye and Bleu?! Grin

sparechange · 16/06/2017 12:24

Bluergh

Confused
alltouchedout · 16/06/2017 12:24

Or even bleurgh. Either way, not a great name.

alltouchedout · 16/06/2017 12:24

Bluergh.
Poor kid.

MadisonAvenue · 16/06/2017 12:22

Bleurgh

troodiedoo · 16/06/2017 12:22

Not so much pronounced blue, just spelt wrong. Tsk!

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 16/06/2017 12:21

Bleurgh.

AnniesTurn · 16/06/2017 12:20

This really fucks me off. People can't just decide word says something other than what it says and expect everyone to go along with it. That's not how it works and they look thick!

Recent friend of a friend had a baby leela. Oh no it isn't lee-la it's pronounced Layla.

Feel like telling her it really fucking isn't Layla it clearly says LEE-LA