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.

Tuula will say Tuula, long U (its my aunt's name, I know it well). Double consonants are a different to double vowels, those you say twice.

I'll just agree to disagree. It's not worth arguing about it because as you can see from this thread apparently most Lisas say their name wrong. I'll tell Tuula that she's saying her name wrong.

Someone kept correcting a work acquaintance Bjarne that his name was Bjørn. Yes, monoglot from the Home Counties, you know better than Bjarne what his name is.

Agree Natsku
I worked for a Finnish company for a while and never heard the double vowels pronounced seperately.

I've lived in Finland for 15 years and heard it spoken my entire life, I definitely know how to pronounce Tuula and other double consonants! your friend was probably just extra emphasising the double vowel for you so you could understand how it's spelt

It’s lease-uh vs leeze-er, I think

Maybe there's a post on Finnish Mumsnet where they're also arguing about pronunciation 😅

My in laws. Their surname is, let's say 'Carton', they all say 'Carnton'

While this post is interesting, I'm finding uncomfortable too. What does it matter who spells their name a certain way or pronounces it a different way. So long as the actual person is a decent human being what does it matter. It's only a name and a name doesn't define who you are as a person. Just call the person by whatever way they want to be called. It's not a big deal. Look at how people pronounce tomato here and tomato in the states. It's still a tomato regardless. I think this thread is getting a little carried away now and a bit insulting to anyone who's names are being argued about on here.

My aunt is Lisa.

Everyone says Lease-a. Quick lease.

I knew a Danielle. She pronounced it Danny-ell.

I also knew a Yvonne. We said Ih-vonn

Girl at work with surname Butcher, corrected me with, “it’s boo-share”. Alright love 🙄

The Suet family who called themselves Su-ay. Bit like Hyacinth Bucket.

You know when you meet someone and you pick up pretty quickly that you're unlikely to get on? Thought I'd give her the benefit of the doubt though she said her name was spelt Diana but actually pronounce Di-ahn-ah.

One of my neighbours gave their son the Irish name Padraig - which should be pronounced Paw-rig
The call him Pad-rayg

Also had a friend as a child who who had the surname Death, pronounced it De’ath ( tho I don’t blame them for that ! )

😂

….. I’m on a roll here 😂
what’s with Ralph’s who pronounce it Rafe ?

Ironically enough, my name is Leigh, and whilst it's common now, as a kid I got called all sorts...Lay, Leah, Lie, Luff etc...and of course its a boys name innit...uh no, it's the feminine English spelling.

But Su-ay (more or less) is correct. It’s a French surname.

I know someone who changed their name to Leigh. Can’t even remember her original name now.

She pronounces it Lee. Why wouldn’t you? You don’t say Kay-lay. You say Kaylee. You don’t say Ash-lay. You say Ashlee

Rafe is the traditional, very old pronunciation.

That's just a French name being pronounced as the French pronounce it, it's not wrong!

Yes, De’Ath is an old name. It’s not pronounced like death, and never has been.

There’s a book I read that has a character called Death in it. They make it clear they pronounce it Deeth.

Surely the way they say their name is always going to be correct. It’s the spelling that is the issue.