AIBU for pronouncing the name Brooke as BrOOKe rather than Bruck

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I’m a Geordie and pronounce words such as Book, Look and Cook with an oo sound rather than the uck sound.
A family who are from about an hour a way said that her daughter is sick of everyone pronouncing her name incorrectly.

I explained that it’s an accent thing as we pronounce those words with an oo sound rather that uck so it wouldn’t occur to most people to pronounce it that way and they wouldn’t deliberately mispronounce her name!

Just as if I go another part of the country or different country they pronounce my name differently depending on their accent.

AIBU?

The Bruck thing is a red herring this whole thread. That’s just the closest OP could come to approximating the sound. It’s just the way people say Brooke with a certain accent, not some weird alternative spelling or pronounciation her parents have chosen. It’s how some people say ‘book’ for example. With a shorter oo sound. Bruck would sound silly for the name in my accent, I’d have to literally do a fake English accent to make the ‘correct’ sound and that’s just stupid. Sorry Brooke, you’re getting the ooo.

I think this would come across as unspeakably ignorant.

"Would you like me to call you Katie, which common sense tells me is your name, or is that with a glottal stop?"

The CLUE you have about is how they pronounce things is in ALL THE OTHER WORDS THEY SAY TO YOU

This is the closest I can get.

My normal accent for Brooke and Bruck and then trying to say Brooke how I suspect OP’s friends pronounce it which is somewhere between the first two but not a natural sound for me. I should ask my husband to record himself doing it as he’s southern England and pronounces things differently to me.

https://voca.ro/1kePEtrSYEO3

Not really bonkers if you are unfamiliar with the pronunciation.

If someone told me they were called Keay-eh (I'm reading that as Kee Yay by the way?) I wouldn't assume their name was Katie? Around our way Katie is pronounced KayTee so I would ask them about it rather than risk cocking it up, I certainly wouldn't assume and just call them Katie.. THAT is bonkers, not to mention ignorant.

I'm not trying to prove you're wrong. I'm wondering if you are seeing this Google feature, not a video:

It’s dropping the T so more.. Kahy ee is the best I can do!

Herb the name is usually pronounced Herb. It’s short for Herbert. Totally different word to ‘erb the French loanword for “leaves used in cooking”, just happens to be a homonym.

I think Keay-eh is supposed to show pronouncing Katie but dropping the T (glottal stop) and using an eh not an EE sound at the end.

But I expect If someone said water without the t you would recognise the word as being water said incorrectly.

The way you say Bruck is how I would say Brooke.
To me, the third word sounded like you tried to add an R where there wasn’t one, like Brurke.

Oh your voice is lovely!

It's not incorrect, that's just how some accents say it

I think people should try and pronounce names how they’re pronounced - especially if requested/pointed out by the person or parents.

Obviously everyone has their own thoughts and opinions about this so we can agree to disagree! Just sharing mine ☺️

"I'm sorry. You want a glass of wah-uh? Are you speaking a foreign language. I have no idea what you mean."

Okay but even if Herb said his name was Erb would you still call him Herb? Even if we’re saying he’s nuts for saying so?
Would we call Mrs Bucket “bucket” or “bouquet” after being told the correct pronunciation? Even if we think she’s nuts, she isn’t gonna respond well to Bucket!

@doodleschnoodlethe first one is how we pronounce Brooke. The 3rd one is the parents pronunciation

So if someone from Shetland and someone from Somerset both introduced themselves to you as Julie, you would address each of them differently, putting on a Shetland or Somerset accent as appropriate?

Reminds me of when I lived down south. I went to a supermarket and wanted a duck. Couldn't find them so asked an assistant.

Me - can you tell me where the ducks are please?
Her - the what?
Me - ducks
Her - never heard of it
Me - ducks. Quack quack (I also flapped my arms. God knows why)
Her - oh! dAck, over here..

To this day I have no idea why I did a water fowl version of the chicken dance in the middle of Asda.

Haven't RTFT but I don't think you're doing anything wrong. I often wonder about this with names like Tanya or Cassandra. If someone from the south introduced herself as Taanya with a long A, I'd still say Tanya with my usual flat northern vowel. Trying to say it like she does would come across as taking the piss, surely? I can't imagine anyone taking offence at it.

I’d listen to the person and see how they would pronounce it themselves! :)

As a fellow Geordie, I don't think you're pronouncing it wrong! Give me an "oooh" over an "uck" anyday 🤣

Similar story... fil asks for directions to the bank, repeats rhe word several times, then explains to withdraw some money. Oh you mean the barnk.

So there's the three of you sitting round a table and you would pronounce the two Julies differently? You'd rather mimic their accents than just call them both Julie?

Oh come on! You would say Julie in a Shetland accent to one of them and in a Somerset accent to the other one?! Pull the other one, it's got bells on!

Where on Earth does anyone say bahnk?