Ever met anyone who (you thought) pronounced their own name wrongly?

[ErmineAndPearls]

Inspired by a few posts on the Secret Confessions thread. I once met a woman called Leigh. She insisted that everyone must call her “Lay”. Also, a whole family whose surname is Onions, but they pronounce it “O’Nyons”. Like, just own it or change the spelling. There are more.

@ifIwerenotanandroid That's how Solange is pronounced in Brazil, where it's quite a common name. Could be why.

Yup, Air-on is the traditional correct pronunciation of Aaron. Arran is a recent trendy wrong pronunciation.

Sometimes it's to try to be a bit Hyacinth though.

My adopted DM tried to class up my name - similar to Karen becoming Karenne - I reacted to this nonsense by becoming Karun.

This thread reminds me of the St Reathem and Bat er seah St Evenage jokes around in the 90s

Did she aye?

Good try, shame this has already been outed as an urban myth by several previous posters.

There are two Welsh girls names which look the same if the accents are ignored.

Sïan is said as See-anne and
Siân is Shan.

Two different names, my son's school has a Sïan and at least one Siân.

I've not met him, but there is a man who should pronounce his name 'traitor'. He has blonde hair and his third wife (fifth mistress) has a rescue dog.

@mathanxiety

You mean you don’t think people should.

But they can and they do, and they always have. It’s how language evolves.

Sorcha pronounced phonetically is something you do come across in Ireland sometimes. I’m not sure if it’s a regional or modern thing, because like Saoirse it’s one of those names that’s said differently around the country.

I think we can sum up this whole thread as English people are always wrong and everyone else is always right.

Actually, in French all syllables are given equal stress.

so Hélène is pronounced “Eh-Len”

definitely not Helen-ay, as you rightly say.
the H is not pronounced in French, so if you use the acute and grave accents, you should also follow the convention with a silent H.

That's interesting.

American I think.

@Princessoftheuniverse

That’s a verrrry old joke

@SummerLobelia isn't that just Safia? A different name to Sophia altogether.

I pronounce my name “wrong” it ends in “nor” and and I say “nah”. But I speak common so shrug.

No.

In my accent woof rhymes with rough, both have a short uh sound. But it doesn't rhyme with 'roof'. Roof has an elongated oo sound. And I'd imagine it's the same for the person who made the post about their teacher Mrs. Woof.

The French Guy I knew pronounced it something like gee with a hard G. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Some up thread is laughing at a Lauren who pronounced her name Lorren. I promise I’ve tried but I literally can’t imagine how else you could say it. Anyone?

I had a relative ( my grandfathers cousin) called Kazia. She was always referred to as Kuz- eye- a.
At a school production I noticed Kazia in the programme and commented that it was a lovely old name you didn’t hear anymore. It was just my luck to be sat behind her mother who quickly turned round to correct me “ It’s Kay- zee- ah actually”. I apologised and explained that it was an old family name that used to be pronounced differently. Game set and match.

She doesn't pronounce it Helen-ay, I don't know what that came from

I knew someone called Ciara who pronounced it Kee-ar-a. I was sure in my little head it was Keera.

She was using the correct Italian pronunciation, Keera's the Irish pronunciation, I think (only going by that storm last year!)

I would have thought they was correct

I’ve never heard anyone not rhyme woof and roof.

scottish, formerly married to Irish man, with English son in law.

My dad always thought his grandmother was called Ellen (and as an adult wrote to her as Mrs E xxxx). But when she died and he saw her name printed on the funeral notice he saw it was actually Helen. She was a proper east end girl from Victorian times and illiterate so wouldn’t have know how she was meant to spell her name. My niece is called Ellena in her honour :-)

@NippyWoowoo it's coming from the fact that the poster you replied to said that the person she knew pronounced it Helen-ay and you said "my cousin does too".