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Is there such a thing as Creative Pronunciation, and isn't it a bit...

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Mahauld · 02/12/2009 14:44

...mad?

I mean where people use pronunciations they have decided on which are obviously wrong.
Is it really bad manners to correct them and isn't is just 'creative' pronunciation.
Or is it acceptable to make-up your own pronunciation as some make-up names?

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MrsVik · 02/12/2009 16:12

Errr - not that South America or Eastern Europe are countries...

MrsVik · 02/12/2009 16:09

TheDevilWearsPrimark LOO-cha, LOO-sha, Loo-SEE-ah, Loot-SEE-ah, Loo-CHI-ah. Oh, that's five. I believe Italy, Spain, South America, the UK, Eastern Europe and Switzerland all have their favoured ways of saying it. As we live in none of those countries, we just picked the one we like best!

PuppyMonkey · 02/12/2009 16:07

I once met a woman at swimming with a dd she kept calling Mad-a-leen. I was a bit as I have a Madeleine myself and pronounce it, Mad-a-lin. Have heard Mad-a-line and even Mad-elaine before. But never leen. I asked how she spelled and it was the same as my dd, Madeleine.

Weirdo.

Buda · 02/12/2009 16:03

LOL at "Her name is Madison but we pronounce it Kayleigh"!!!!!!

And Jme!!!!! WTF? Did they not want to waste vowels on the poor child?

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 02/12/2009 16:01

''Lucia - has about 4 different perfectly valid pronunciations that I can think of off the top of my head''

Really I can only imagine two!

Reminds me of the x factor thread where someone described 'Dagenham' as being pronounced ' Dah ger naaam'

lockets · 02/12/2009 15:58

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MrsVik · 02/12/2009 15:52

Some names just have different pronunciations. We're going to call our daughter Lucia - has about 4 different perfectly valid pronunciations that I can think of off the top of my head - so we picked the one we liked best. Obviously we'd not be offended if someone plumped for the 'wrong' one at first - just politely correct them and that's that.

I do think it's silly when someone takes a name like 'Jim' and insists that it's said 'Yai-im' or something - unless they are from a different country where that IS the accepted pronunciation. But if that's what people want to do, then so be it - just be prepared for a lifetime of people getting it wrong!

hohohojollster · 02/12/2009 15:25

ha ha like Jme Oliver.... he's Jme too! What a larf...

Lifeinagoldfishbowl · 02/12/2009 14:56

Jme [rofl]

hanaflower · 02/12/2009 14:55

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Bucharest · 02/12/2009 14:52

Nuttery. Utterly nutterly.

"Her name is Madison, but we pronounce it Kayleigh." That sort of yoke.

Says an awful lot about the parents.

Cicatrice · 02/12/2009 14:50

It is mad, and just sets the poor child up for a lifetime of spelling out his/her name to various officials.

DH has an unusual/hard to spell surname and he spells automatically to people - even his own brother. So we definitely had to go with a user friendly first name.

You can't really correct the creative pronouncers though, they take offence.

Iklboo · 02/12/2009 14:45

Hyacinth Bucket