Choosing to pronounce name different

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Just waffling really, I was watching tv last night and there was a woman called Greta, but it was pronounced Greeta. I've always only heard it pronounced 'Gretta'.

It reminded me of a friend called Nicole, who pronounces her name as Nicoll and snaps at anyone who dares say it any differently. She maintains that as it's her name, so she will decide how it is pronounced.

A colleague recently gave birth to baby Freya, but pronounces it Friar.

Does anyone know of other instances like this?

@Sweetmotherofallthatisholyabov

I love how different accents confuse things, whenever I'm reading to my son I've so many issues when I stumble over words that for me don't rhyme, gophers and sofas, Cinderella and cellar, idea and ear to name but a few

All those rhyme!!

Giraffe and Scarf rhyme too

@IwishIhadaMargarita

I used to cringe when my manager said Julia. I would say Julie-ah she always said ‘jool-yah’

I once heard a woman with a very pretend posh accent saying ‘well my Catriona..’ only rather than pronounce it properly as ‘cat-ree-nah’, she pronounced it ‘Cat-ray-oh-nah’

That would be Cat-tree-oh-na

Cat-tree-na would be spelt Catrina/Katrina No O in it

@LucyWarlowsRightHand “meggan” is the original way of pronouncing Megan.

Changing your name is a big step and not the careless exchange a dress thing it is presented as on here.

I used to cringe when my mum called someone called Marie ‘marry.’ I don’t know why!

@Soubriquet

It is Beer-triss....

How are you saying it?

Be-a-triss? Kinda similar to this link here in which there is deffo no r sound

I used to know a Cheryl with a 'ch', used to go mad if you pronounced it Sheryl

@IwishIhadaMargarita

I used to cringe when my manager said Julia. I would say Julie-ah she always said ‘jool-yah’

I once heard a woman with a very pretend posh accent saying ‘well my Catriona..’ only rather than pronounce it properly as ‘cat-ree-nah’, she pronounced it ‘Cat-ray-oh-nah’

I know 2 Catrionas pronounced Cat- Ree-Owner and none pronounced Katrina except for the actual Katrina!

Ah see BagLady I say bee-ah not beeeer so I suppose I’m still saying it your way

Soubriquet

It is Beer-triss....

<strong>How are you saying it?</strong>

Be-a-triss? Kinda similar to this link here in which there is deffo no r sound youtu.be/a2XAupBzuM0

Sounds exactly the same as beer-triss to me. I can't tell any difference.

Lol be-a or beer must just be an accent thing then 😂 with regards all the Caitriona confusion Cah-tree-uh-na is how it's said in Irish as it is an Irish name, if that helps or confuses anyone I don't know! 😂

@BagLady32
@Soubriquet
Some people don't pronounce the 'r' in beer, some people do.

Or the r's in gophers, ears and cellars 😂

@Soubriquet

It is Beer-triss....

How are you saying it?

Bee triss.

Cah-tree-uh-na is what I say too. Tríona is Tree-uh-na, although I once heard it said to rhyme with Fiona.

I saw that and thought it was more weird that she called her son Peter to rhyme with it.

Catriona is a Gaelic name

Pronounced Katrina more or less

People saying cat ree oh na are the same as those that say Nyam or Sigh o ban

@summerredroses

I used to cringe when my mum called someone called Marie ‘marry.’ I don’t know why!

I have known 3 people called Marie. They all pronounced it differently: MA-ree, MAR-ree and M'REE

Lots of names can be pronounced in different ways, even ignoring differences caused by accents: Helena, Claudia, Evelyn, Naomi, Irene Alicia, Sophia and Maria are all good examples.

I try to use the pronounciation used by the person in question, even if it's not the way I normally pronounce that name.

@Sweetmotherofallthatisholyabov
Yes indeed . The gopher/sofa rhyme never worked for my kids either.

@chrislilleyswig
I'm not sure about Scottish Gaelic but I can assure you the Cah-tree-uh-na pronunciation is correct in Irish, which I speak.

i used to know a girl named Maia. she used to change the pronunciation of her name all the time. it was very odd. her parents pronounced it 'maya' but she pronounced it like 'miya' and then as she grew up she pronounced it 'mia'. so strangeher parents used to curse her for it.

Do they fifth? I guess it goes to show! I’ve only ever heard it as Mah-Ree and would cringe a bit at my mum calling her Marry!

[quote LizzieAnt]@chrislilleyswig
I'm not sure about Scottish Gaelic but I can assure you the Cah-tree-uh-na pronunciation is correct in Irish, which I speak.[/quote]
This is correct (Munster Irish speaker here).

But when speaking in English, many Irish people will say it fast enough that Caitríona sounds quite like Katrina.

[quote LizzieAnt]@chrislilleyswig
I'm not sure about Scottish Gaelic but I can assure you the Cah-tree-uh-na pronunciation is correct in Irish, which I speak.[/quote]
I know there are differences but tha gaidhlig agam and I would say Katrina. But with a slight expiration between the i and the n - hard to explain

But in English it would sound like Katrina. I have three friends with that name and a niece

I'm a Nicola. I pronounce it Nick-o-lah (Northerner). My friend is from the West Indies and says anyone with Nicola over there is firstly, mainly male, then it's pronounced Neeee-Cola. Really goes to town on the E's! He can't help it, but it does always make me smile, it always sounds like he is dying to tell me something very exciting haha