To tell DH he is pronouncing DD’s name wrong.

[DuchessOfNorfolk]

DD is mainly known as a shortening of her name. Occasionally we call her the full versio. However I have noticed DH pronounces it in a different way to how I have ever heard it pronounced. I assumed there was just one pronunciation of it. I’m wondering if it would be reasonable to point it out? Or do I just live with it.

there only one way to pronounce Will-i-am
Whan-curr

I don’t pronounce the ‘r’. Coneflakes still sounds nothing like cornflakes.

The point is that kids in the south spell badly for that reason

And I didn’t realise that southern children are well known to spell worse than northern children? Where is this documented/evidenced?

I don't think it's always down to accent, my cousin is also called Jessica and I can't say it the way you do I say Jess-ca too. My brother however calls her Jess-i-ca. People form words differently, and I don't think there's that much difference between the two. My nephew pronounces is Jess-eee-car but she doesn't care, kids get used to different forms of the name, not everyone pronounces names the same as others. My sisters name is Sara but it's pronounced Sarah, but everyone she works with call her Sara

they think it is cruelty to children to learn to pronounce paw, poor and pour differently.

they think it is cruelty to children to learn to pronounce paw, poor and pour differently

Who does?

Us Southerns apparently

Soy, I'm sure northern children spell badly too. I just can't understand why a southern parent wouldn't want to help their child distinguish the different sounds for
the thing at the end of a cat's leg (paw)
not having much money (poor)
putting milk into a glass (pour)

And don't get me started on the use of "draw" when you mean "drawer".
You are just confusing yourselves by not pronouncing the letter "r".

But I am sure the entire South East will take no notice of me, so on you go. :-D

I have never been confused because I don’t pronounce the letter ‘r’.

Plus I’m not from the south east, I’m from the Midlands. We don’t pronounce the ‘r’ in the area I’m from either.

Dh's name is said so differently by several members of his family that on first meeting his grandparents I thought they had confused him with someone else. 10 years later i still wonder why no one has corrected them and why they can't hear that we say his name differently.
His parents also pronounce his name slightly different, but you can excuse that as his dad says it the Indian way where as his mum says it the English way.

I assure we don’t struggle to communicate with any of these words just as you don’t get confused between which and witch etc

MrsSarahSiddons do you get confused between to, two and too?

I’m enjoying the idea if someone trying to teach a dog paw but it gets confused and pours a cuppa instead 😂

Soydora

So what's the name then? I got bored at page 7.

Yeah I have never been confused either.

Also, you're missing a huge point about teaching reading etc, which is that context is everything.

Pretty sure no child is writing 'the cat had mud on its pause' or 'the rich people had more than the pour people'.

And it's people of all accents who have difficulty with 'hear, hear' (thinking it is 'here, here').

Opinionated Just heard someone pronounce it eee-vlyn!! How did I miss this thread?!?!?;)

When I saw the name I thought 'but how could he get Jessica wrong?' But yes, does seem wrong!!! Id just say 'did you just say 'jessca' as if you only noticed it!

Jojofjo44 Jessica but husband says Jessca

Ps great thread, haven't laughed so much in ages:)

SoyDora "MrsSarahSiddons do you get confused between to, two and too?"

No, but I'm good at spelling, me! haha!
But my friend with several degrees, who is a lawyer, writes "draws" when referring to the things you keep clothes in; and I think her southern English accent is the reason.

I’m pissed of with being told that my accent is wrong.
It’s my accent. Being southern isn’t wrong.
Saying poor, paw and pour the same isn’t wrong. It might be different to how other people do it but it isn’t wrong.

MrsSarahSiddons ah, yes that must be it

Not wrong Simon, just confusing.