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.

I had a teacher who insisted on her 'correct' pronunciation of children's names.
Care-un for Karen
Share-un for Sharen
Tawnya for Tania

Etc.

Different regions accents change how a name is said.
This area, names ending with an ee are pronounced with an eh. Katie becomes Kay-teh .

You have to pronounce people's names as they ask you to. Anything else is rude. It's like correcting the spelling of their name. Just, don't!

I like Deardruh but Durrrdruh always grated on mr

No, I'm Scottish! Perhaps I've misinterpreted how you were pronouncing it (the irony 😂)

Yvonne - eevon
Michelle - Mishell

Dare-druh is a correct Irish pronunciation.

@SammyScrounge

Thats been on here at least 6 times. It’s an old joke

DAREdruh sounds nice too. It was Duhdruh. Durrrdruh. Dur to rhyme with her

Dan-i-el, 100%. People saying Dan-yell are quite clearly missing the 'i' in the middle. Literally read the name: Dan-i-elle

Maya as My-ah not May-ah?

I also used to know a Miss Mallett who pronounced it mullay

And surely the Guy pronunciation is 'Gwee' (almost a single syllable) rather than 'Gooey', two syllables.

The whole syllable things is a minefield. So many accents change the number of syllables in a word. And in a name that makes a big difference.
Danielle and Madeline can have 2 or 3 syllables, for example.
Brian can have one or two.

They’re both correct.

@littlerayofsunshine0 , why is it spelt Niamh if isn't Nee-uv? Liam is Lee-um. Niall is Nee-ul etc.

@NandoLorris see this is my point. PP have given me a mix off both pronunciations. I guess I'm none the wiser lol x

@Friffle

Neeve is how it’s pronounced, across the vast majority of the island of Ireland, and I have met a couple dozen Niamh’s in the last decade from all over.

So, regardless of how it may once have been said, or how it appears it should be said, Neeve is the standard Irish pronunciation now.

Jesus I mean of* wtf

But Nandi, 'i' can be pronounced as 'y'. So Danielle can be Danyell.

As a newly qualified staff nurse about 40 years’ ago I worked with a Dr De’Ath. really.

He was adamant it was pronounced Dee-ath. Umm.

Yes that drives me mad as well. I know lots of Aoibheanns / Aoibhíns/ Aoibhes and not not one of them uses the correct pronunciation.

My-ah is by far the more common pronunciation worldwide, like Maya Angelou

Because it is. It’s a really old name.

I know two separate De’ath’s and they both pronounce it as it is written and not as death.

I have a friend whose grandson is called Xaviar. She pronounces his name ‘X Aviar’.

I always thought it’s pronounced Zaviar. So maybe I’m wrong 🧐

@NandoLorris Daniel is Dan-yul in the UK, we don’t pronounce the i in the masculine so it’s natural people in the UK have adopted the same pattern for the feminine. The French do pronounce the i in both forms.

@LadyLothbrook Two syllables is an anglicised version of the French 3 syllables. The latter is prettier, but I can imagine it’s an uphill battle..

I never know if Niall is Neel or Nigh-al. Have met a few and it's 50/50 which way they pronounce it.

@Luredbyapomegranate , you're speaking so confidently. On behalf of the entire country no less. And yet the majority of Niamhs I know, and that's a fair few, pronounce it nee-uv. Whaddaboutthat!