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Would you tell someone they’ve misspelt their baby’s name?!

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CaptainCabinets · 08/11/2018 16:02

A colleague has recently announced the birth of ‘Pheobe’ on Facebook and have since referred to the baby as ‘Pheobe’ several times.

Would I be awful to gently suggest the correct spelling or just hope it’s picked up on when they register the birth?!

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ThanksItHasPockets · 13/11/2018 17:03

Issac is the American spelling I believe.

Definitely not. Issac is wrong everywhere but it’s absolutely rife.

Cosmoa · 13/11/2018 17:00

Or something close to that!

Cosmoa · 13/11/2018 16:53

I believe its Sear-sha

Shriek · 13/11/2018 16:43

Saoirse? Pronunciation anyone?

Sweetpotatoaddict · 13/11/2018 16:40

My dc2 has a Gaelic spelling of her name. I’ve had a health professional ask me why we’ve got the spelling wrong, to which I asked if they always believe they are right even when they are wrong. Always boggles my mind when folk feel the need to criticise. A name is exactly that, a name and all must have been made up at some point Grin

Dizzywizz · 13/11/2018 16:32

Issac is the American spelling I believe. I have an Isaac and so many people spell it with the double s.

MyShinyWhiteTeeth · 13/11/2018 16:22

My friend has spelt 3 of her 4 children's names unusually. One name she says is made up - but it's a Spanish name spelt incorrectly. The second is normal, the third is a weird spelling and the fourth is trying too hard to be oddly spelt.

All three mis-spelt children won't use their names and have been teased specifically about them in the past. My friend has a very short fuse when people use the children's preferred names or comment on the spellings. She has no difficulties with reading or writing.

ThanksItHasPockets · 13/11/2018 16:02

I thought that keeva and kweeva varied regionally?

OkPedro · 13/11/2018 15:44

Caoimhe is Kwee va if you pronounce it correctly

Shriek · 13/11/2018 15:24

Sorry! That random bunce of letters was supposed to say,Saoirse

Soubriquet · 13/11/2018 15:19

Caoimhe is Kee-va

Shriek · 13/11/2018 15:13

...and how should scaiorsce be pronounced. I think it's s'or-sha

VisitorsEntrance · 13/11/2018 15:08

Caoimhe but pronounced it 'Cay-oh-me'

How should it be pronounced?

VisitorsEntrance · 13/11/2018 15:07

I had quite a long discussion with DH that segue was segway. (as in changing from one topic to another). He hadn't made the connection with the spoken and written words.

(in fairness to him I only discovered that when reading it here)

EmmaGeddon · 13/11/2018 14:21

Used to pronounce Hermione as Her-me-own too. Blush

And (not a name but even so) recipe as re-sype.

Cosmoa · 13/11/2018 14:15

I know of someone who used the name. Caoimhe but pronounced it 'Cay-oh-me' 😂

LasMeninas · 13/11/2018 13:08

Haha. Fucking English language.

VisitorsEntrance · 13/11/2018 13:01

I thought it was Her-me-own too.

I remember a post years ago by someone on a different forum.
For a reason I don’t remember he had to give a presentation. One of the words in the presentation was antelope.
He’d only read the word before.
He had a sister called Penelope.......

LasMeninas · 13/11/2018 12:35

Me too, Tallulah! It wasn't until about 4 books in and talking about it with my mum that I found out. And then I was like, well that sounds dumb, and just continued reading hermy-own in my head.

TallulahBetty · 13/11/2018 11:28

Heard it out loud*

TallulahBetty · 13/11/2018 11:28

Ha. I'd never heard the name Hermione before Harry P. I'd say it Her-mee-own in my head Blush

UptownFlunk · 13/11/2018 01:36

This reminds me of when I was about 13 and read The Catcher in the Rye. I'd never seen the name Phoebe written down before so spent the whole of the novel thinking that the protagonist's sister's name was pronounced Phobe (rhymes with lobe). Oh, the shame when I realised. I won't tell you how I used to pronounce meringue when I read the Famous Five books. Blush

OkPedro · 13/11/2018 01:08

Aoife in an Irish accent generally would be pronounced E fa
soubriq Are being sarcastic?

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CaptainCabinets · 12/11/2018 21:54

They’ve spelt it how they like it

But I don’t think they have! I honestly think they believe that is the correct spelling of ‘Phoebe’!

I did send a text congratulating them on the arrival of Phoebe. I’ve yet to see any more FB posts appear so watch this space! Blush

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ReginaPhalange89 · 12/11/2018 20:40

I think Aoife is quite common now that a lot of people would be able to spell it . Same as Niamh

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