To tell my friend she is pronouncing her (future) DD's name wrong?

[ThatIsJustNotCricket]

More of a what would you do but friend is due next month and she has the name picked out.

It's a nice name but here's the thing, it's not a common name and the way she is pronouncing it is wrong.

Would you tell her?

Thistle and thatch have the same TH

What's with all the naming posts in AIBU these days? I can't be in two places at once, people!!!

Also, Dana is soooo Zuuuuul!

Thistle has a slight up tongue behind the teeth whereas thatch has a slight down tongue. Very slight soft th instead of harder longer th oh my.

Hmmmm, my thistle and thatch THs are the same. Where in the country are you from?

Thanks for that squoosh I love that pronunciation channel! He has a gorgeous voice ..... I'll be on there for hours now, bye bye afternoon!

My thatch is slightly harder than than my thistle - but that might be the A and the I slightly changing the way I'm pronouncing it.

My thatch is slightly harder than than my thistle

That sounds a bit filthy!

Dublin with a slight Cavan twang.

I think it is usually "Dayna" in America and used for boys too.

My best friend is Dana, pronounced day-na

UK

Tadgh with a th?

I pronounce it Tie-g. So does everyone I know!

Irish here too.

Ha! It would make a great family motto. Bet it sounds dead clever in Latin too.

Why the bejesus would it be pronounced Darna?

Werent there thread about a woman whos friends were making mean comments about the name Dana?

at the somewhat rude sensory levels of thistling and thatching!

Which Irish are you using? Ulster Irish here . Slight differences in dialects for non irish speakers in the three types of Irish.

You should hear it here, moxon, I have a lisp, it sounds charming

Lisp is the cruellest word ever.

Oh thurlow you thistling thatching lispy sexy thing, you!

It is, isn't it? What fucker decided that the word to describe having an issue with saying S's should have a sodding S in it?!

I occasionally have to say "thesaurus" in presentations at work. Those are bad days.

Don't know if Dana pronounced 'day-na' is purely American, as I went to school with one back in the 70s, she had an English family background as far as I know.
The best known Dana pronounced 'Dah-na' is the Irish singer, AFAIK. I wonder if day-na and dah-na are actually 2 different names from different origins that happen to be spelt the same?
To add to the confusion, there was also the American 1940s and 50s film star, Dana Andrews, who was a man, and I think it can be a male name, though I doubt any parents would choose to call their DS that today!

The books have it written as Tara, the series she is referred to by all characters in a Southern accent which sounds like Terra.

I disagree. I just listened to several snippets. It's a subtle distinction but it's there. And shading toward Terra would be a more Northern pronunciation. I'm Southern and from Georgia. Watch Gone With the Wind. "Yankees, Yankees in Tara?" That's how we pronounce it,

Lisp is the cruellest word and sorry the hardest? (I think it is also one of three things Tracy Chapman's lover can't say?)

Some fucker with a sick sense of humour Thurlow.