To be bewildered by 'christian'

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I don't understand why some people pronounce this ''chrisht-chun'. Am I alone in this confusion?

I don't know anyone who pronounces it like that.

I assume it's accent, or their speech pattern.

Everyone I know pronounces it Chris -tian

I say it as per OP. I also know someone with the name and that's how he says it, too.

Clearly a dialect/accent thing.

I suppose it depends on your accent and where your from. I don't pronounce it like that

I pronounce it christchun. Dunno why always have.

Bloody hell, where are you from?

Perhaps they're rhyming it with words like 'station'?

I pronounce it as in the op as well, I'm from NI.

I'm trying it in my best Irish accent now, it's almost working .

It's because (when you're not thinking about what you're saying, so you need taping when you don't realise or for long enough for you to relax) people assimilate one sound into another. Obviously how much you assimilate depends on your accent.

I think the classic example used in linguistic courses is 'handbag', which people actually say 'hambag' but would deny they do so.

Jane on Eastenders always used to pronounce it that way when the character with the said name was in it. Someone just said it on TV and it reminded me of how odd I find it.

Erm because people have different accents and so pronounce some words differently?

Don't see what the confusion is...

I say chris tchun if i try and say it properly it sounds like chrs chin im Scottish though so its the accent I also cant say Karl its Karrul

Is it supposed to be pronounced criss-tee-an?

I only ever hear it pronounced criss-chun IRL. I live, work and grew up in London.

I always loved the way morgan freeman said it in prince of theives. Krist-ee-un.

I am in NI and say krishchin

I always assumed so, Cubesofjelly, given that 'st' is not pronounced as 'sht' in any other words (that I can think of, anyway).

I would sound really affected and prissy if I said chris tee an. Do people really say that? It's like saying tiss yoo instead of tishoo for tissue.

People having different accents really is not something to get bewildered about, OP.
If this disturbs you so much, I wonder how you get through a normal week in the outside world.

The actress who plays jane beale is Scottish her accent is great but you can hear her say things like a scot

I'd say Chris-chun and Chris-mas.
So does every one I know and I've lived all over the SE and now live in the West Midlands.

It's supposed to to be chris-chun. Anyone saying Chris-tee-an is v wrong.

its my sons name i prononce it chris t un.

What am I supposed to be doing, OP? Chris-tee-un?

Fuck that. Do you say pee-ar-no as well?

Kris-Chn.