To keep correcting people about my name?

[marathonrunn]

My name is Amelia as in Ah-me-lee-a.

On a daily basis people pronounce is Ah-meal-ya.

It does my head in. This is people I've known for many years doing it too. It's not my name. When I correct certain friends they roll their eyes and can't understand why it matters. It matters because it's not my name. It is a constant occurrence in the workplace and I'm constantly correcting people.

Should I give up or continue correcting?

No need for that. I would default to nay but nigh is a common pronunciation.

I would say ah-me-lee-a as standard, there is a difference to me, but when saying your name fast there’s less of a noticeable difference. I think in your situation I couldn’t be arsed to keep correcting people every day. I’m surprised you haven’t got fed up and just let it go 😂

Wrong pronunciation? That's nothing. I get called the wrong name a lot.

I'm something similar to kate. I've been called Jane, Niamh . Once I was called Dave.

I do usually correct them one time, but it honestly does not bother me.

I’m from South Wales, although you wouldn’t know it from my accent, which is sort of middle of the road generic southernish. My first proper job was in the North West, and one of my colleagues could not hear the difference between me saying cup and cap. Genuinely could not tell the difference. And used to make fun of me, wondering why I wanted to find my cap when it was time to make a brew.

I one met a 6-year-old New Zealand girl who was called Emma. I know that was her name, because I’d seen it written down. But every time I said “Emma”, she corrected me, and said “my name is AYMER”.

I’ve tried saying Amelia out loud, and it’s probably marginally closer to 4 syllables than 3, but there’s not a lot in it. It’s very easy to smear the i and a together into a single syllable.

Did you know any other Amelia’s growing up? How do they pronounce it?

I think the OP is saying she pronounces her name "

Ah - ma - li - a.

And people are calling her

Ah - meal -ya.

The second pronunciation is always how I've heard the name pronounced.

I gave up telling people how to pronounce my name decades ago. So much so that I refer to myself as the "wrong" version. So, as long as they don't do it to wind you up or be nasty - really its not important.

A MEAL YA, you're breaking my heart/you're shaking my confidence daily...

To me they are two quite different pronunciations, and I knew what you meant straight away (Londoner).

I’m perplexed as to how people can’t tell the difference, but regardless, they should respect how you pronounce it and at least try (there may well be accents where it sounds the same, but it’s 4 syllables vs 3 - slightly lazy to not ‘add’ the extra syllable if you have explained that is your preferred pronunciation).

But in many English accents, the eh and a sounds in theose words are exactly the same - a schwa.

Absolute snobbery. People's learned accents do not equate to "lazy enunciation".

I have the same- people often miss a syllable from my name depending on accent. I don’t give a shit tbh. You sound like hard work tbh

It would be annoying, but it's so similar I don't think you should bother. People probably can't tell the difference unfortunately (it might be more like an accent thing, like yoghurt and yo-gert). I'd just give up. In fact the more I think about it it's probably just being lazy.
Someone at work is similar with Alesya/Aleesha.

The closest analogy is with the name William, as noted above.

Some people pronounce it with three syllables (Willy-um).

Some people pronounce it with two syllables (Will-yum).

Neither are incorrect. William is a common name pronounced correctly in different accents.

It's not the same as Sarah/Sara.

Your name is your name, but you can't legislate for others' pronunciation.

You must hate talking to Aussies then? 🙂

I can't say those in a way that sounds different 😭 (unless I make it sound really exaggerated and silly to emphasise the 4 syllables? Otherwise they sound the exact same to me)...sorry OP. I don't know any Amelias so at least I know it's not me that's winding you up.

Those two versions read the exact same to me.

I totally agree with this, but I just think it's a lost cause so better to not get annoyed by it

They're not saying a different name that's just how some people pronounce it.
It's just one of those names. Reminds me of a Naomi I knew who got annoyed when people pronounced it Ny-o-mi.

I have a slightly pompous latin name that people will often mispronounce or shorten and frankly I have more important things to do than correct everyone.

As long as the people close to you use the right pronunciation I can't see the point of trying to get every random person you ever meet to get it right...

Do I tbh? Don't really give a shit tbh tbh tbh.

My name is pronounced a number of ways and has the Anglicised version. At work I have four different versions of my name (very multi cultural)

I know they are talking to me it’s not deliberate and I don’t take it personally

I have a name that has similar different pronunciations- I genuinely don't care which one they use. But then I also have a "different language" version which my family use so maybe that's why the English version is inconsequential to me.

yeah you sound pretty precious.

the beginning part of my name is pronounced with a 'e' but over the years people have pronounced it as if it were a an 'a' or 'i' some people emphasise the beginning part of my name more or the middle or the last part. When in actual fact each part is equal in emphasis.

I really don't get my knickers in a twist. its still my name they are referring too.

Maybe learn to just chill a bit.

This.

However unlike us the OP has decades to waste time on this.

I also discovered that the people who say my name correctly speak specific languages.

The OP is presuming that everyone can hear the difference between the pronunciations - some people have minor hearing problems - and that everyone who lives in her area was born there and has parents who were born there, so learnt to speak in the area.

Having read your replies, adjust your dress, your nastiness is showing.

If I worked with you I’d purposefully call you Amy, Meal, Aim-meal-yar, Ameal, in fact anything just to piss you off. But only to your face. Behind your back I’m willing to bet you get called much worse.

you told a pp she sounded “charming” look in the mirror op. You asked an opinion then bitched at everyone who had one if it wasn’t the same as yours.