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Sibling Can't Pronounce Name

36 replies

Beccatheboo · 19/01/2009 13:48

I am expecting a baby any day now (fingers crossed the raspberry leaf tea is working!) and we have a favourite name for our new son. However, our 3-year-old can't pronounce it. It's not complicated, just he can't say S (says D instead - don't know if this is common? Also says D for F). Would you still go for the name you like, risking everyone misinterpreting new son's name? Unfortunately, the mispronunciation sounds like another word...

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jasper · 19/01/2009 14:50

Seth is lovely .
Even Death is cute from a 3 year old!

sonniebonnie · 19/01/2009 14:47

Go for the name you love! Its just a matter of time for your ds to pronounce it properly. Seth is lovely!

RubyRioja · 19/01/2009 14:21

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seeker · 19/01/2009 14:21

The other way round I know, but my ds called his big sister Dace and himself Matmick. Guess what they still call each other nearly 8 years on...........!

purpleduck · 19/01/2009 14:17

My dd used to say TeeTee...my ds's name is nothing like that.

Fimbo · 19/01/2009 14:15

Yes keep it. My ds used to call my dd dada as he couldn't say her name (begins with an R). He eventually learned to say it properly.

Lancelottie · 19/01/2009 14:14

Friend of mine has a baby called Rebecca. Her 2-yr-old sister refers to her as Baby Bugger.

One of my family (who shall be nameless) called his younger brother Yikes and his sister IssyPiss. It doesn't SEEM to have scarred them too much.

Beccatheboo · 19/01/2009 14:13

Well, I'll let you into a secret... I love the name Seth, but my son says Death! Would you still keep it?!

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coppertop · 19/01/2009 14:03

My ds has a friend called Sam. My nearly 3yr-old usually calls him Dam.

Your 3yr-old will learn how to say it properly eventually. If you like the name, keep it.

crumpet · 19/01/2009 14:02

my 48 yr old BIL is still known in the family by the mispronounced name dh used to call him. I think its a nice common reference point for them all.

jasper · 19/01/2009 14:00

Very common.
Don't worry.

he wll learn to say it soon enough.

BUT be prepared for his mispronounciation to stick as a family nickname, possibly forever!

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