AIBU for pronouncing the name Brooke as BrOOKe rather than Bruck

[MoserRothOrangeandAlmond]

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?

Pleased I’m not the only one who thinks this way, this thread is utterly bonkers!! And not sure why people (mainly one) keep coming up with hypothetical characters and scenarios, constantly?

Which is why I said "might" not "would".

I was just thinking the same about Katie, mentioned upthread. Here in Belfast it’s something like Ke-i-ty, or perhaps even Ke-i-dy. I can only imagine the reaction from Big Katie if somebody thought it was a good idea to mimic her accent🤣

Because the claim that someone pronounces names the same way as the person saying them no matter the difference in accents is so absolutely bananas to me that I’m confirming that just as Brooke should be “bruhk”, then Belfast Amy should be “ee-uh mee”, and if not, why not?

Exactly, just like someone with ops accent would sound bloody stupid saying it like Bruck

Never in my life have I heard Brooke pronounced this way!

Another hypothetical 😂 I’d pronounce it that way if that’s what the person from Belfast wanted! I’ve said this in my previous comments, not sure if it’s been missed as I keep having to repeat my point

You would sound barmy!

BROOKE

DUCK
https://www.google.com/search?q=pronounce+duck+in+rp&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:f29df061,vid:M_EcxL1MuMM,st:0

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DONT RHYME! 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

That’s fair if you think that, each to their own. If I sounded daft I’d match my personality haha!

BROOKE

You also said "that's how it is said in that accent" meaning Liverpudlian.

Meaning the variety of Liverpudlian accent that pronounces it like that.

Look and luck sound the same in my accent. OP you just need to rhyme the name with duck from now on.

It’s been clarified in this thread that different regions of the UK pronounce truck differently. In the south truck is very different to look and book. Some areas of the UK say look the same as we do in the south, but their truck rhymes with look, whilst ours is very different. Which is how the main confusion happened. So for me Brooke doesn’t sound anywhere near bruck but it also doesn’t have a long oo sound in it like Broooke.

That depends on how OP says duck

It's rude TBH. My MIL is Scottish and pronounces one of her best friends name wrong because in Scotland it's pronounced differently, but flip it in its head, if you were
Called say Lucia and it was pronounced Lu-cheee-a for your whole life but some random friend insisted on saying Lucy-a that's not good, it's not impossible to pronounce it correctly due to speech impediment etc besides which Br-ooooo-me sounds awful!

The (different) people saying the words on those clips don't rhyme, but surely you understand that there are many different British accents, and in some of those accents, they do rhyme! Do you really think every single person speaks exactly the same as those voices?

What if someone who dropped their Ts introduced themselves as Pe-a not Peter. Would you call them Pe-a or Peter? If a Scottish person said their name was Jim-eh. Would you call them that or Jimmy? Or a Azel rather than Hazel? Is it just names you’d copy or other words? If they asked if you wanted jam or bu-a would you reply bu-a or butter?

Dead Lord 🤦 this thread is like pulling teeth. THEY DO RHYME IN SOME ACCENTS.

This is top tier rage bait. There is absolutely no way that you match every single person's accent when you say their name. No way.

Say the name exactly as the child/child's parents say it. The end.

i have friends who are from Armagh and east London. They have a child called Ava. They say the child’s name completely differently to each other because they have different accents. Who do you suggest I copy? Mum or dad? I have neither a NI or cockney accent, btw. I’m from the NW.

Say the name exactly as the child/child's parents say it. The end.

No, no-one should be expected to put on a fake accent.

There's parts of Scotland where Pearl is pronounced like Peril almost, due to the accent. For those who dont have the accent, of course you wouldn't say it that way.

I haven’t read all the thread so apologies if this had been covered but how do Geordies say “good”? Do they really pronounce it gewd?

Good (to me) is the same sound as Brooke.