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

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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.

I once met a Mr Stanton (through work so I got to see his passport and other personal documents). He insisted on being called Mr St Anton. I'm with him on this; it's a much better name.

That's how I'd say it

Colleague pronounced her mothers name as ZAFYA I said oh that’s a nice name how do you spell it ‘s o p h i a’ 😆

That's Fienne surely!

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It depends on what part of Ireland your parents are from as Irish pronunciations vary from region to region.

For those saying woof and roof rhyme (which they don’t in my mostly RP but northern tinged accent), I’m intrigued as to whether it’s woof or roof that you pronounce differently to me and most people I know.

Here’s how I pronounce woof.

Big Hyacinth Bucket energy from Mr. St Anton.

I recall changing my first name when I was 11/12, I wanted it spelling with a K rather than the more usual/common C.

I friend was showing a new parent round her school with her son Gooey, once they started to fill in the paperwork she saw that his name was Guy.

I worked abroad in a non-English speaking country. New fella rolls up. Welsh. Evan.

swore blind it was Ee-van (like ford transit).

That depends on the country it's from I think. If it's German it's Ki-ara www.germannames.de/wiki/Ciara

I knew a little girl who pronounced it Ki-ara and I assumed it was because she's Spanish, but Google tells me the Spanish pronunciation is Si-ara.

That clip is an American accent.

@fudfootedfannybangle , That's how quite a lot of welsh people say it, although they say it with a short EE sound.
More like the Yv in Yvette.

Evan is the anglicised form of Ifan (pron. Yvan)

I went to school with a female Ciaran who pronounced it see-AH-run. Her parents were very posh too which made it a little more weird.
I know someone called Henri with a surname that looks French and the family go crazy if you pn it the French way. Apparently it's pronounced Henry 🤔.
I know quite a lot of children with odd spellings eg Maiya or Jaxxon or Jaxson and I'm always considered as to how they'd like it pronounced. Similarly a bit called Reiss which should be pronounced like rice, given that it's a German spelling, but they want it pronounced Rees.
I also know an Elle but they pronounce it Ellie.

You are about the 20 th person on this thread now to have known a child with the name Guy pronounced Gooey.....

For goodness sake will people just STOP claiming that they know the person who first told the "Guy/Gooey story?!

Why would you bother making shit up when there are loads of really interesting real examples on the thread?

Guy is a derivation of Guido, as in Fawkes, so Gui or gooey would be an acceptable way to pronounce it, I also know a French Guy, who pronounces it Gui.

I too knew a Mrs Onions who insisted being called O’nions, she worked on night duty with my late Mother, at the Derbyshire Childrens Hospital during the 1970s and 80s. The Children often teased her about it when they realised her name!

It’s still how I pronounce it in my very English accent. American pronounce a number of words in the same way as us Brits!

East Yorkshire?

Er no. "Gee" with a hard "G" is how the French say it. I'm pretty sure most people know that.

But that is not the same as "Gooey".

No it's not, seems there are a few people who pronounce it that way. I'd love to know if it's a regional pronunciation, like I said I really like it.

Indeed. I heard the Guy Gooey joke back in the 70s. It was probably quite old even then!

So many surnames deserves to die out. If I was given the name Onions or Smellie or Hoare at birth, I'd just deed pool the shit out of that as soon as I was old enough.

My name is Thompson and I actually don't know how to pronounce it, neither do my family. Sometimes we say the 'p' and sometimes we don't - I have never known which is right

That's the only way I've ever heard Welsh people pronounce it, he was right!