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'm a northerner with friends form Brighton, Oxford and Windsor and 'room' definitely sounds more like 'rum' from them.

Elena would be pronounced Ell eh nah

Raised Surrey, live London. Would pronounce 'Elena' as 'El-ay-nuh' or 'El-EH-nuh'

I mean Ell a nuh I guess rather than nu.
Or it could be Ell a nor.

put in a random “r” -see every English sports presenter who ever talked about “JessicaR Ennis”, grrr.

This is quite common with words that end with vowels when the next word is a vowel. It flows a lot easier. My accent has it.

"Oliviar rate apples" with the 'r' almost making it "Oliviarate"

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

Elena would be pronounced Ell eh nah

Really, it's not. My daughter is Eleanor, she is 26 now and when she was little everyone (without exception) pronounced her name Ellen-uh. Only in the last few years have people started calling her Ellen-OR.

Check out older films and tv programmes with characters called Eleanor if you don't believe me.

To the person previously who was astounded by 'l' sounds changing into a 'w' in some accents...

Its true that I say "trubbow"(or at least close to that) rather than "trouble".

dialectblog.com/2011/05/26/the-trubbow-with-l-vocalization/

I'm a northerner with friends from Brighton, Oxford and Windsor and 'room' definitely sounds more like 'rum' from them.

Here we go again - people talking at cross-purposes because they can’t imagine that anyone might pronounce things differently to them...

Think about it, everyone. People from the north and south pronounce ‘rum’ differently too!

So, yes, a southern pronunciation of “room” can sound like a northern pronunciation of “rum”, but a southern pronunciation of “room” never sounds like a southern pronunciation of “rum”.

Everyone takes the piss because I can't say "owl" correctly. It comes out as two syllables - "ow-woo" with a sort of glottal stop type of emphasis on the end.

My dad died in january at the age of 84.
He actually choose my name but never pronounced it right my whole life. Bless him.

beatrice Sorry, didn't mean to say your pronunciation was wrong, just explaining how I and people I know would say it. I went to school with an Eleanor in the sixties and everyone pronounced with an R at the end.

I am old

EastMidsMummy it really pisses me off when people say “southerners” “northerners” because there are so many different dialects within both where they pronounce things differently. I’ve lived in areas mentioned and no known anyone to say room as rum but you’re right that those saying that “southerners” are probably pronounce rum a bit differently too.

Probably an accent thing?

I noticed today DH said "Clemuh-tus" and not "clem-A-tis" like I did.

Jessiemcjessie - that drives me nuts too! Rebecca Radlington is another one. I'm so glad my surname doesn't start with a vowel. I've noticed people putting an r in so many words that don't have one there - like drawRing for drawing. Is it really so hard to say them without the r?

Jess-i-ca.

His way is not a crime, though.

Tigerpaws57

We have a Lucy in the extended family which we have always pronounced Loosy. Her new bf pronounces it Lyoosy. Is that a commonly used pronunciation?

Is her boyfriend Aunt Polly from Mr Tumble?

happy I'm also getting on a bit - possibly the same vintage as I was at school in the 60s too.

I honestly never heard anyone in the UK say Ellen-OR until the five years or so.

We have a Daniel. DH (northern) says Dan-ee-el. I (south-east) say Dan-yul. He seems to cope.

This thread is reminding me of happy days in the pub with my lovely nan in Yorkshire where she would ask me to entertain the locals by saying "Say bath"
"Say butter"

Apparently my pronunciation was hilarious

DH and I argue over the pronunciation of put.
For me the middle sound in put is the same as soot.
For him it’s the same as bus.
He cannot hear that I say it differently.

put in a random “r” -see every English sports presenter who ever talked about “JessicaR Ennis”, grrr
It’s not a random r, it’s s trailing r which is a totally normal part of speech when you have 2 vowels next to each other.

Re clematis:

It. Is. A Random R.
It is utterly stupid.

xJessica- “drawRing”- I know! I remember as a kid watching Blue Peter and wondering why on earth they were saying it like that .

It’s just a quirk of a particular English accent. I am Scottish and have no trouble pronouncing two consecutive vowels individually but I know some people can’t help it. Still grates on me though .

TheOriginalEmu it is a totally normal part of SOME FORMS of English, not of “speech” in general. And it is random in the sense that it’s not a variation of a letter that appears in the word, it’s insertion of an additional sound.

I've noticed people putting an r in so many words that don't have one there - like drawRing for drawing. Is it really so hard to say them without the r?

Yes, it’s hard when you’ve been saying it all your life because that’s your local accent.