If someone told you their name was Ryan but Ryan spelt with a W how would it be spelt?

[PuzzleMonkeyMum]

Because I had to write it down today but I was too embarrassed to ask him to clarify the spelling 🙈.

So in conclusion Ryan with a W is actually spelled Rowan but pronounced Ryan 😂

@PuzzleMonkeyMum

So in conclusion Ryan with a W is actually spelled Rowan but pronounced Ryan 😂

Congratulations to whoever said that 😂

I'm gutted it's not Ryuun

Oh, I get it, it's Rowan but pronounced Row as in argument, not Row as in boat.

I’m fairly sure that advisor has been mispronouncing Rowan’s name for years and Rowan’s now too embarrassed to tell him

How fecking annoying. That's like saying 'Hi my name's Sara with a N, I spell it Sandra'.

You'd think after a lifetime of having to explain he would have known he would need to spell it out for you.

No one in a million years would get Rowan from "Ryan with a W".

I shall keep the rest of my thoughts to myself.

Does supervisor have an accent? More specifically a Northern Ireland accent? My dh and my neighbour have strong Northern Ireland accents, my neighbour is called Liam pronounced Lame.

What was his mother thinking?
I'd never have got that.
This needs to be linked to every baby name post where the parents are thinking of an unusual spelling.

Glad you got to the bottom of it OP, and thanks for coming back with an update. I really was wracking my brains trying to come up with how you spell Ryan with a W

What a stupid name....

It’s like saying “hi my names Amy but it’s spelled Annie”

What the hell!

There was Marcia on TV last night. Probounced Mar-say.

@ILoveShula

Oh, I get it, it's Rowan but pronounced Row as in argument, not Row as in boat.

That's not Ryan though is it?

No

My daughter had a lecturer called Deborah, pronounced De Bore Ah.

Is Deborah not more Deb-o-rah although a lot of people miss the o and end up with Deb-ra

Was also wondering if there’s an accent involved.

I used to know a Kiwi called Dibby. Turned out her name was actually Debbie. 😂.

@eggandonion, when I was little I was introduced to a girl called Debbie. I mentioned to my mum that i was a pretty name, and she said it was short for Deborah (to rhyme with Norah)

From what I understand, the name is Devorah or something in Hebrew, and the stress is on the middle syllable.

The biblical Deborah was like my mum said it - we're Welsh speakers, and the stress is always on the penultimate syllable.

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@PuzzleMonkeyMum

So in conclusion Ryan with a W is actually spelled Rowan but pronounced Ryan 😂

What?! 😯

Off topic, but when I was child I thought the name Deborah was so exotic and beautiful. After reading it mentioned so many times here and saying it in my head over & over - it's now lost all meaning and sounds weird 😆

I know a NZer called Bin

Rowan (row as in argument) is a lovely Scottish name for men. I would have called my son that but I can't say R so he would have been Wowan.

@DanielODonkey

Rowan (row as in argument) is a lovely Scottish name for men. I would have called my son that but I can't say R so he would have been Wowan.

Would you say Rowan sounds the same as Ryan?

To me a fellow Scot they sound totally different.

I know, it makes absolutely no sense at all. But people are weird when it comes to names, I used to go to school with a girl names Francis. Where I am from, we pronounce it Fran (to rhyme with pan)-cis but her mother INSISTED it was pronounced Frarn (to rhyme with barn)-cis even though in our (very working class, midlands) accents sounded absolutely ridiculous.

He didn't have any strong accent, like Welsh or Scottish. Pretty much the same accent as me.

And I have messaged Rowan/Ryan with a W to ask about a quote and he can't fit me in till the end of May anyway!