AIBU to think my son's name isn't that hard to pronounce?

[SailorByTheSea]

Or is this an acceptable pronunciation!?

We live in London, so 'fear' is 1 syllable (this is relevant!)

My son is called Theodore... You know, 3 syllables, 'The-uh-door'?

All he gets is 'fear-door' please tell me that this isn't an acceptable pronunciation? It makes me regret his name massively

I actually can't say France with an a like ant - it just won't work with my mouth!

Im from darn sarf and fear has two syllables to me!

The teddy bear is named for Theodore Roosevelt.

GreatFuckability I love the way Welsh people say 'here' as 'hyuuuh'. I find it charming.

Although that sounded a bit patronising!

Slightly better than our 'Gabriel' who constantly gets called 'Gabrielle' by the NHS and usually has a Miss before his name.

haha squoosh not at all! People seem to either love it or hate it as a rule! the way i say it here, ear and hear all sound the same! but i try very very hard to do it 'proper' when i'm working. a speech therapist teaching someone to talk all common isn't going to go down well!

It's Fraaaaaahnse.

Exactly right Dame

squoosh I love that! I wish it was that way, instead it was more like when I try do the accent I end up sounding like Dick van dyke from Mary Poppins hence needing him to say it for me. My imitations are shit.

he's 3??? I'm surprised that this has only just come up. if its the nursery staff can you ask them to say his name with an American accent? it won't be the strangest request they have had.

According to google it's 'Frohn-sis' which would make sense. Dragon-sis is closer to that than 'fran-sis' Maybe because we are closer to France?!

Google agrees with me that it's 'Frahnce' though

Well that all depends on Google's accent surely?

If I said Frahnce, I would sound like the biggest phony in the world. It really does not fit with my accent. I say Franss.

When you've been to Paris do you say you've had a mini break in Paree?

I mean you could, and it would be technically correct, but it would also be terribly Hyacinth Bucket-ish too.

Two syllables is just the salt-of-the-earth Londoner pronunciation, OP. There's only two ways to avoid it.

1. move out of London
2. start moving in more esteemed circles

My guess is that the majority of speakers of English say Franss.

P.s. I'm from London and fear is one syllable for me (as is ear and near and hear and so forth), but I would definitely say Thee-oh-dore.

frohnsis???? what fresh hell is that?

You could always go for a New York gangster style pronunciation?

@BlueberryPuffin - I'm from London and have always lived here. I have no issue pronouncing things properly!

I've been muttering this to myself... And I think I actually pronounce fear as fee-ar so make it almost two syllables 😱

There are lots of London accents, East London & SE are not the same and West London is a whole different thing

You're right nancy

I'm from London and have always lived here. I have no issue pronouncing things properly!

Right. I'm not really sure what your point was in relation to my post. Some people in London will pronounce it Feardore and others won't, that's what I was saying.