to want in laws to correctly pronounce my very ordinary name?

[DrSeuss]

I have a very ordinary, English-of-Greek-origin name. Spelled in the traditional way, couldn't e simpler, really.
For over twenty years, ILs have mispronounced it. For twenty years, I and my husband have periodically corrected them. Not a huge thing, granted but it grates every time they say it wrongly.

AIBU to slightly mispronounce their names just a little, e.g. Sarah becomes Sorah, Jim becomes Jom? Childish, I know, but it is pretty much the only thing I have asked of them in twenty years! Other family members ask for and receive special food despite having no real grounds for this or meals served at a particular time despite having no children. I'd just like them to say my name without me mentally wincing!

Oh Jeez, RTFT. We've been through this.

Oops. Post fail.

ll of the above would be fine with me as nobody is saying Hellin.....

All of those are fine with me as well, as I think all are saying Hellin...

Maybe everyone on this thread actually pronounces it the same way, but none of us are capable of conveying pronunciation via a keyboard...

Having contributed several times to the thread, I now think I have no idea how OP PIL are pronouncing it, so no idea whether they are being unreasonable.

OP needs to start another thread with an audio pronunciation link and we can all start afresh

MrsJoeyMaynard I meant just that - a weird phonetic blindspot as opposed to anything to do with accent at all. Yes, it would be a regional thing and not remotely
coincidental if it were an accent thing. But I don't think it is, as, in my experience, there are always a few rogue 'Hell-in' pronouncers in any regional group.

This has been the weirdest thread. It would have been quite interesting in terms of varying pronunciation and individual spoken quirks if certain posters hadn't kept crying about the pronunciation of chocolate and other totally benign, non-personal issues. Made it all a bit stressful.

FWIW if 'Hell-in' were an actual regional variation, I'd say to OP to let it lie since it's clearly not deliberate. BUT no one has managed to suggest a regional accent in which that's the case. Very, very few people are going to struggle to say 'un'. It won't 'make them sound like a dick' since that's how most people say it.

At the risk of sending one or two posters into an uncontrollable rage, I will again maintain that it is a choice to plump for Hell-in ovef Hel-un. Just like some people choose Louisa with a 'z' sound (Loo-ee-za) and a few choose Loo-eece-a. I've known both. And, believe it or not, I was able to call each one the way they and their parents had chosen. Amazing, huh?

It would have been quite interesting in terms of varying pronunciation and individual spoken quirks if certain posters hadn't kept crying about the pronunciation of chocolate and other totally benign, non-personal issues. Made it all a bit stressful.

Would have been less stressful if certain posters didn't keep thinking they were right all the time and had accepted they were being a twatbadger.

It is pronounced twot-bha-tcher

Tw-ot bha-tcher?! Behave!!

It's twah-t (to rhyme with cat) badge (to rhyme with madge) er

Thats because you are not aware of all the accents in the country. Locals around here pronounce e for i a lot so the other way round doesnt seem out of the question.

Or maybe you are so obnoxious as a DIL they have given up trying to please the little fuck. Xxx Muppet

It's twah-t (to rhyme with cat) badge (to rhyme with madge) er

Pah. you're wrong

Are you American? I know Americans pronounce twat as twot

An a following a w is usually pronounced o.
As in watch, swap, swat, wall, etc

IT WAS A JOKE.

^^ that's true actually

But if I started saying twot I would be accuse of being posh

We say bah-th for example. Barth is posh

Sorry

I'm posh, well southern and a bit posh.
I say twat, or more often, cunt.

I'm just RAGING (pronounced roooojing).