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How would you pronounce ...

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iwantknowyouropinion · 21/09/2021 20:03

Mey/Mei

Would you pronounce it like May or My?

Which one do you prefer if you had to choose?

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Jericha · 21/09/2021 21:34

May. My school friend was Chinese and had Mei in her name, pronounced May. Very pretty name.

Boombadoom · 21/09/2021 21:33

May.

What about mae?

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iwantknowyouropinion · 21/09/2021 21:32

@hairybakers

Goodness me, I can't stand when people plan the nicknames for the child who hasn't even entered the world yet. A nn should be organic, and maybe influenced by the character of the little one.
Due to tradition we'll be naming her after my DH's deceased mother who had a long, non-English name so her nickname is important to us as it will be used for everyday use.
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MumofSpud · 21/09/2021 21:32

I would pronounce both as May

If I had to say, I would prefer Mei

My name in Mandarin pinyin is Ai- Mei-Li, which means Love Beautiful

PeriChristmas · 21/09/2021 21:32

May.

LorenzoVonMatterhorn · 21/09/2021 21:28

I would pronounce both may and prefer mei.

drigon · 21/09/2021 21:28

Or some variant of Megan?

hotmess19 · 21/09/2021 21:27

Mey autocorrects in my phone to meh Grin

Blindleadingtheblind · 21/09/2021 21:26

Is her longer name going to have a made up spelling too? Meyson perhaps?

Mei is fine. Mey is awful.

hairybakers · 21/09/2021 21:25

Goodness me, I can't stand when people plan the nicknames for the child who hasn't even entered the world yet. A nn should be organic, and maybe influenced by the character of the little one.

drigon · 21/09/2021 21:24

Is the longer name Meredith?

ChrissyPlummer · 21/09/2021 21:24

GrinGrinGrin

Mymapuddlington · 21/09/2021 21:22

No! Vemba!

Perfect! Love it!

AdriannaP · 21/09/2021 21:22

I know one woman called Mei, (pronounced May) she is Chinese.

SevenOldLadies · 21/09/2021 21:21

[quote Mymapuddlington]@SuePream
So overused though. We need more ahktoeburs and deesembuhs in the world[/quote]
Vemba is a lovely name as well. Just imagine calling that out across a playground: No! Vemba!

Forgothowmuchlhatehomeschoolin · 21/09/2021 21:20

I know a girl called Mei-Yee pronounced May - Yee she is Chinese and as far as l know her name didn't cause too many problems for her

MajorCarolDanvers · 21/09/2021 21:20

My

Mymapuddlington · 21/09/2021 21:19

@SuePream
So overused though. We need more ahktoeburs and deesembuhs in the world

NannyR · 21/09/2021 21:19

Does the "long" name actually start with a may sound? If so, I would just use the letters that make up that sound. I'm struggling to think of a Me- name that has a may sound, but if, for example it was something like Meyanna, then Mey would be a logical nickname.

SuePream · 21/09/2021 21:18

I'm not overkeen on Mei or Mey. How about Eypril or Joon instead.

Mymapuddlington · 21/09/2021 21:17

Kids at school will change it and she will end up Mimi or something anyway

Antinerak · 21/09/2021 21:16

You're planning the exact, awkward spelling of a nickname for your daughter? Weird. 'May' would work even if her name doesn't have 'ay' in.

Mymapuddlington · 21/09/2021 21:15

Megatron

😂😂😂

ElephantCup · 21/09/2021 21:14

@WoozySnoozy

Perhaps I should have mentioned that it will be a NICKNAME for a longer name that starts with the letters M-E (hence our preference for the E spelling).

Yes this would have helped. What's the longer name?

Megatron
Mymapuddlington · 21/09/2021 21:14

Meigh