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 think.

For William I favour Will-eye-am, like him off of The Voice .

wowlookatyou credit to you for admitting that you didn’t realise about Beatrix Potter 😀. There’s a film about her starring Kate Winslet, it’s quite a nice gentle watch.

To the PP who mentioned that in the West Country people say “Margret” instead of Mar-ga-ret” it could be worse...in Scotland a lot of people say “Magret”! (There’s a good example in the Stoneybridge sketches on Absolutely, if anyone remembers those)

Okay, I've looked it up and it's not Keeva.

Never mind the “I” in the middle of your DD’s name, I really hope your surname doesn’t start with a vowel as I can’t stand when people put in a random “r” -see every English sports presenter who ever talked about “JessicaR Ennis”, grrr.

My mum says Joshuer for my Ds's name and it bugs me. I corrected her once but, decided to let it drop; it's not worth arguing.

JessieMcJessie Renee Zellweger

There’s a good episode of Friends with a running gag about how to pronounce “Joshua” Solo.

Thing is he can speak how he likes but if you don't want her to start calling herself Jess-ca then maybe you should correct him.

Ah yes, Middle Class I was a bit confused there for a minute wondering what I’d said about the pronounciation of “Renee” but of course you’re right it was her not KW who played Miss Potter .

Don't most sportwomen have names starting with R?
Jessica Rennis-Hill
Nicola Radams etc.

Mike.

BreakfastAtSquiffanys I pronounce it with an uh as well. Mostly we call her Jessie so it’s not that bigger deal but he has been called her JessCa more offen recently.

This reminds me of the Harry Enfield sketch when The Slobs have a baby girl and when asked her name he says "Spud-u-like-a, and Waynetta says "no, it's Spud-oooo-lik-a, it's exotic!"

Just seen the update, OP your DH is definitely saying it wrong!

Do say Will-e-am? Really?Well I'm blowed.

I pronounce all my kids names differently to how dp pronounces them because of our accents. Ive never thought to correct him, nor him me.

As long as the person knows who you mean and isnt offended by it I dont see theproblem

The i in Jessica is an unstressed vowel so it's not that important. It's not as if he's calling her Jessamy or Jessalyn.

There's some true-blue raging snobbery on this thread

EveningHare I assume that was directed at me for referencing "upper class southern accents". After a poster called my pronunciation lazy

The pronunciation of 'room' by southerners makes me cringe!! There's no U in it!!!!!

JessieMcJessie I will have to look that up :)

Southerners? Pronounce room with a u? Fuck off, we don’t! At least none where I live... room like boom

I've just never heard Eleanor pronounced without an R at the end

I say Ell a nu. There you go. But I’m southern English so door rhymes was caw, for example.

Only posh southerners would say rum for room. There is no point in cringing, it’s different accents. None are wrong or right.

This thread has just made me realise that DP drops the middle syllable from DS1s name too
It still sounds like the actual name though so I just can’t get worked up about it

This thread is so snobby, insular, bigoted and ill-informed.

Different people from different classes and different regions pronounce things differently. The idea that Will-i-am is “incorrect” and Will-yum is “correct” (or vice versa) is ludicrous.

Ell a nu?

Never heard an u at the end of it before!!

Eleanor would have an r at the end of it (posh southerner)

Elena would be pronounced Ell eh nah