Why can't get say it right?!

I can say Er IN with no difficulty, but it depends where MIL is from (and how intelligent she is).

As kids we had a cat called Mendelssohn and my granny pronounced it Mendel - soan as in known. Then called him Soany. Only a cat but strangely annoying.

All the Bridgets I’ve ever known have been pronounced Bridgit.

I’m not sure how Stripper expects it to be pronounced?

The French version is Brigitte, the Celtic version Brigid/Brigit, Scandinavian Birgitta. All with is as the second vowel.

How do you pronounce Bridget??

How do you pronounce Bridget??

Is it accent though? My inlaws have the same accent as everyone else who lives around her (I've moved away from my home town to here) and everyone else apart from my inlaws can say my name as I say it. They apparently can't, so they use an abridged version of my name. Which annoys me to be honest, not because they use the abridged version (which I never ever use for myself) but because they seemingly won't try and learn how to sag their dil's name.

I'd say Bridge-id, incidentally, to add to the confusion!

Strippervicar do some people say Brij-et? That sounds really odd in my accent! I love the name Bridget but can only pronounce it Brij-it. I've just tried numerous times but I can't do it! Sorry. It is a great name though.

I also would say Er-un. I can just about make my mouth say E-rin but it involves baring all my front teeth in a very odd manner which would definitely frighten the OPs baby

Just something I have to live with Monstera. At least no one calls her completely the wrong name!

Scottish say er-in but my bf growing up was an Erin I love that name.

My wee boy gets Erin all the time not his name lol but very similar.

My SiL pronounces the th in my name as r. It sets my teeth on edge but it’s just his accent so I suck it up and let it go. But then I’m very fond of him. I suspect you already have negative feelings about mil and this is just a hook to hang them on.

I'd pronounce Bridget as Brijit, Stripper.
It'd sound very strange and affected if I tried to say it any other way, as it wouldn't fit with my accent or way of speaking.
Should it be Bridge-ette?

Pronunciation will always vary from person to person, I'd say just chill out about it you know how it's pronounced that's the main thing wait till she's in school if you think your mil is being difficult...

Definitely an accent thing but yes, it grates. My in laws do it too. They pronounce any name ending in "a" as "er."

So Emmer, Hanner, Olivier, Angeler, Isler, Aver, Amelier..... drives me nuts. My daughter has a name ending in A and ever since she;s been born I've wanted to scream the equivalent of "THE BABY IS EMMA NOT BLEEDING EMMER."

But I held my tongue. It's not done out of badness, they simply don't see/hear the difference.

My Mum pronounces some names oddly as well. One of my god daughters is called Nicole, my Mum manages to mangle this into Nik-oLL. I have explained how it sounds very different, but she just gets defensive and ‘oh poor me’ about it, so I just get quietly irritated by it now. I’m just very thankful it’s my god daughter & not my daughter as it would have driven me completely batshit by now.

Sometimes people can’t even hear the difference, let alone be able to say it differently. I think you have two choices, either learn to ignore it or have a proper chat to her about it. Hoping she’ll pick up on it is just going to drive you insane.

I should add comes out as Brijit too. Ffs.

Feel your pain. DD is Bridget, she gets Bridgit from many. Drives me insane. When I tell them her name I say Bridget. If I wanted Bridgit I would have either spelled it like that or pronounced it that way at introduction. I wish people would listen!!

I'm called Kate. All my in laws, including DP pronounce it with a long a sound- Kaate. I say Kait-with a clipped a. Because we have different accents.

"Would feel really fake saying Er-IN"

Fake to say "in"?

Or do you mean that you can't say it?

Congratulations op. You need to make peace with this, your mil will not be the only person in Erin's life who pronounces it like this. FWIW, I pronounce Helen as Helin and would pronounce Erin as Erin.

I'm a Tamzin. My husband still says it Tamzun after 20+ years due to accent. Meh, I let it go.

Love name Erin. OP, if you don't think it's a regional accent that's causing your MIL to use that pronunciation, you need to knock this on the head with her sooner rather than later. The longer you leave it, the harder it will be to break the habit.

It's difficult to say a name other than how you would say it... if that makes sense!
My DH (posh English) would say Charles as "Chahls" whereas I (not posh Scottish) would say "Charrulls" I couldn't say it any other way!

Say nothing to your MIL; perhaps as time goes by she'll be influenced by your pronunciation.

It used to drive my mum mad when my nan used to call my sister ‘jozie’ Instead of ‘josie’ But it was genuinely an accent thing. I doubt she’s doing it to intentionally upset you.

Making an unstressed syllables into a schwa (the technical term for the default 'er' sound) is terribly common in many accents. I get that it rankles because it's your MIL, but I think this is one you need to let go.

She's not being nasty on purpose, she's simply speaking in her own voice. Your DD will encounter many people with regional accents over her lifetime and will learn how her name sounds.

(I don't see this as a name with more than one pronunciation (like Claudia) but rather a difference in accents, and you just can't change someone else's accent).

I’m scottish and I say it Erun. It’s just my accent