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.

I know a Danielle
Her mum calls Her Danni yell
Her dad calls her Dan yell

HOW CAN THEY NOT HEAR THE DIFFERENCE

Wiwyum also seems to be used for William.

Reminds me of someone I know who had spent twenty years pronouncing his wife's name wrong- she was so lovely about it!
Children can easily accept that parents say things slightly differently. Will it upset him if you raise it?
Maybe his is the correct way?

I pulled ds's teachers up many times for putting a 'W' in his name when there isn't one!!

Why does it matter?

How do you know you’re right?

Ha, April, is he a Noah?

I really want to know the name...

We really need to hear this name to see who’s right

In my accent l sounds a bit like w sometimes. Kind of rude to correct someone’s accent.

How did you never notice this before?

I have this with dd and FIL, dd is a Josephine which I pronounce with a ‘s’ sound ‘Jo se phine’ and ‘Josie’, FIL pronounces it with a ‘z’ sound so ‘Jo ze phine’ and ‘Jozee’ I figured it was just an accent thing and let it go. Thankfully dh pronounces it my way!

I agree about the ll in William sounding like a W. In the accent here it would sound like that.
Accent is very different to mispronouncing.

Anyway. How is it that you DH is pronouncing it wrong? You might be the one getting it wrong.

Roan

I less it's a weird name, who gives a shiny shit really?

my DD has a name that can be pronounced two way, as long as she's not called Bitchy McBitchface I don't care how someone says it. her mum says it the opposite to how i do.

My DH and I pronounce DS1's full name differently but that's because he's Australian and I'm British. We say the short name the same.

Depends if it's a regional accent thing or if he is actually pronouncing her full name wrong.

Like if she's Eliza pronounced 'E-lye-zah' for short and he calls her 'E-lye-zah-beth' instead of 'E-liz-a-beth' then yes I would ask him to pronounce her full name correctly.

Yeah I know will-yum is a valid pronunciation, I just prefer my way!

It isn’t a regional thing. We come from the same town.

Can people not just put this down to accent and get over it?

If my name were Esme, I don't think I'd get my knickers in a twist if someone says ezz-mee or ezz-may. The name is the same.

( I have a name that was mispronounced throughout my childhood because I grew up overseas. It's not a name easy for non-native English speakers to say.

Is it 'wrong though or just different?

I mean yes if her names Siobhan and he is pronouncing it See-ob-han or sonething then yes clearly wrong.

But as per the name thread that someone referenced earlier, there is more than one pronunciation of a name - Tanya is a good one, I know several people with that name, some prefer Tann-ya and others Tarn-ya. Neither is wrong.

Eee lane ya
Ellll enn a

This thread means nothing unless we go to s vote.
What is the name, and how does each of you pronounce it?
I bet someone on MN will come up with a third way

We need the name!

Reeebecca, Ribecca?

I don't understand how this was not noticed when she was first named. If it is due to different accents then he may find it difficult to say it your way. If a name has a few ways of saying it your dd will have to get used to hearing it said in various ways anyway.