Name spelling rules

[AngSam]

I have a question. Are there any rules on spelling and pronouncing names? How about correcting people on how to spell and pronounce names, would you bother?
Example, girl named Joan (general pronouncing sounds like John) but her is Jo An?
Or Laura not Lora but LAUra
Your thoughts?

If I try to make it rhyme I have to start explorer like I am going to say exploded.

Doh-ra the Exploh-ra.

What about Doreen? Is that Dough-reen?

I do start it like exploded. How do you start it?
Yes I'd say Dough-reen

The 'plor' rhymes with door, but maybe you say door differently!

this should be a link to the google pronunciation which is the same as mine.

Hold on wait - are you Scottish?

Yes I am

@whiskeysourpuss so like polish female called Laura would be pronounced Lah-wra, in Scotland I hear it as Lora rhyme with Dora.

I've would never ever imagine anyone would say Dough-ra. Hey ho.

Its dough as in bread dough or doe as in a female deer

Both those are the same pronunciation for me 😂

How do you say Dora then as I cant think of another way to say it

That's what I'm saying - dough and doe are the same sounds and how I would start Dora

Do door and dough have the same sounds for you?

I say dora just like laura but with a d instead of an l.

The start sounds the same but door has an 'r' at the end that I would sound

Dora and Door-a sound the same to me (door as in door to the house)

door is a completely different sound to both doe and dough for me.

This is where pronunciation threads are interesting yet utterly pointless! 😂 I find myself putting on really dodgy regional accents to try and make the sounds.

I'm struggling to think of words with the sound I use for Dora when said with a Scottish accent.

@Marcipex Dd2 has a boy with this in her class - drives me nuts!

Louis is pronounced Lou-is in almost all countries outside of France! It's very popular in Germany (pronounced Lou-is) for example and Americans call the city in Missouri St Lou-is!

Not almost all, no. France and England it’s Looee (apart from the British who don’t realise its Looee). In the US it’s Loo-is if the people are not Europhiles/speak French and Looee if they are. In Germany it’s Looees. In Spain and S.America it’s Looees or Low ees.

Given that is a famous French name I think the French pronunciation gets first dibs.

Louis sound similar to Louise

Louis is Looee. Lewis is Looiss.

@AngSam they rhyme as in the ra sound at the end is the same but the start & middle are completely different sounds.

Like demented I'm Scottish

I'm Scottish and would say Dora as either dough-ra or doe-ra as I'd pronounce both those words the same.

As in Dora the explorer although those apparently rhyme with an English accent

@Muddlingalongalone yes, and this woman really screamed at me. I jumped about a foot. First day and not really prepared for that level of aggressiveness.

Kira/Ciara/Keira are all acceptable spellings.
Throw Chiara and Clara in too, as you'll probably get those spellings.

Example, girl named Joan (general pronouncing sounds like John) but her is Jo An?

I’m confused. Joan (long oa digraph) doesn’t sound like John (short o sound)!