Names that are bad with regional accents.

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Where we live Violet become Vaa'let which doesn't sound very nice at all. DH is Aussie so some names were a no go...such as Esme....became Is-My.

My inlaws from Manchester call my nephew Willy-errrm.

Nina, in an Estuary / Essex accent - Neenaw, bit like a child're version of a police siren

forgetmenots I've always said Orla the wrong way I had no clue it was wrong! I'm intrigued now as to how the Scots/Irish say it. Is it like orrrola???

A former colleague was called Graeme and I pronounce it Gray-am. Other people said Gray-ham, Grame and Gree-am.

Graeme called himself Gray-am so I was right!

Oh yes, Pearl! Can't say that either.

I can't say Lily in my Glaswegian accent. It's the 'i'. Lully!

My Granddad can't pronounce any name beginning with H, so Harry becomes 'arry, and Hannah is Anna which is problematic considering we know one of each and never know who he is referring to!

I also know a Carole that changed her name as she couldn't stand how it was pronounced by people with a broad Yorkshire accent (she said people called her Cad-ull).

My Welsh friend Claire liked her name until she moved to Wigan and it became Clurr instead - now she has us in the habit of switching to a Swansea accent when we say her name as it sounds so much nicer!

Littleginger it's not wrong it's just different accents! We roll the R so it's ORRla, no 'awl' sound :)

But we can't say Carl because of the same rolling R!! :)

Ahhh I see silly me. I've just actually sat here and practiced with my dodgy irish (it sounds neither northern or southern so I wont specify!) accent and I totally get you. Sounds much nicer!

Brummie accent here, so any long vowel sounds tend to sound longer than they should: Grace becomes 'Graaayce', Nathan becomes 'Naaaythun'.

Oh, and a name such as Violet becomes 'Voi-lut'.

Agree that Fleur sounds pretty bad in most accents, Amelie also sounds awful in many UK accents which is a shame as it's a beautiful name.

Oh yeah, Amelie with a Brummie accent is 'Am-uh-loi'

Grace in a brummie accent. To me (Londoner) it sounds like 'Grice' except dragged out so Griiiiiice.
Love the accents for everything other than that name.

Dawn - in my scottish accent it's Don.

How else would you pronounce Dawn??

I know a Luke who insists that Luke and look should be pronounced differently. I have no idea what he's talking about. They sound the same to me.

I think it is supposed to have a longer "aww" sound in the middle - in my accent the "aw" sounds a very clipped "o"

Well if I said it, Dawn would be pronounced to rhyme with mourn (or door-n) whilst don would be like long (but without the g obviously)

In Glasgow Darren becomes Darn. In America Craig turns out Creg.

Demi or Debbie type names in Yorkshire. Sound more like Demeh and Debeh. Just sound thick for some reason.

Thanks madaki :)

but there is no "r" in Dawn

But the r in mourn (and in fact door) aren't pronounced as such, in some accents.

In a london accent or and aw are homophones... Not the same in all accents, but that's the point if this thread. It's not right or wrong, just different.

Rose in a Hull accent is Ruuurz. Not good.