Why can't get say it right?!

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Ok, so I need a bit of advice... I have a 6 week old daughter who is literally the best thing since sliced bread! Me and my OH chose the name Erin for her which we both adore, however, the MIL can't seem to pronounce it right. Every time she says her name she pronounces it ERUN! It drives me mad! I even make a point of over pronouncing the IN part in front of her but she doesn't get the hint! How do I approach this? Or am I being too sensitive about it? It's a 4 letter name, it shouldn't be hard to get right!? Sorry for the rant (and breathe)

Well, er, Brijit. I honestly dont know!!! And this poor OP needs to know bt Erin

Bridget is definitely Brijit here - never heard it pronounced differently. Same with Erin - it's Erin with a short i.

But as with all names, it's how the holder of the name wants it pronounced that's important so I would try hard to go along with it. Some sounds are more difficult than others for non-native speakers to manage so a little leeway is needed.

I think you’re being a bit harsh, is just an accent thing.
When I was a teenager and lost I told someone I lived in Bonthorpe. They replied ‘Bandthorpe?’ I had to spell it out in the end, they kept hearing my ‘on’ as ‘and’

We know an Erin, people say Eran and never ErIN.

At 4 Megan thought her name must be spelled 'Megun' because that was what everyone called her. She even insisted at school that her name had no 'a' in it.

To say the letter A in Megan would feel wrong to me. It would sound like MegANNE.

I thought the same Greatduck

I have the same struggles with my DM op. She pronounces my dc's name completely wrong and it gives me the rage if we bump into someone she knows and introduces us. I have to correct her every single time!!! It's not an accent thing for my Mum either, she just prefers her pronunciation.

I would say Er-un too but I assume thats because of my accent.

DB is Carl, SIL is Scottish and it sounds like she calls him Carol to me. No one gets that het up, its her accent.

It's definitely not an accent thing as we're all from the same city!

I love the name OP. Keep stressing the ‘in’ when you’re with your MiL. But don’t get too hung up about her pronouncing it wrong, as others have said, it may just be her accent.

Okay, just read your last post. Maybe she’s just struggling to say it.

I think that there's a bit of a trend to use the schwa ("uh" sound) instead of a clear "i". The first time I noticed it was in the Blair era, when he said "Uslungtun" instead of "Islington", but it seems quite commonplace now.

My own dad doesn't even know how to spell my name and constantly pronounces my sons name wrong.

Op I have an Erin and it drives me nuts too! Dh even does