people mispronouncing DS's name

[Nanoon]

DS2 is 17 weeks old and i have noticed a few people (family and friends) slightly mispronouncing his name. His name is Reuben but some people pronounce it Reubin rather that Reubun.

I never thought it would be one to get wrong. I feel too embaressed to correct them. What would you do or say?

Just correct them otherwise it'll bug you and it will stick unless you do it straight away. Why not introduce him say 'this is Ruben' then they'll get it.

lovely name BTW

aside from correcting them, and saying his name properly when they are there, don't know what else to say.
do it sooner rather than later.

I've only ever heard it pronounced Reubin.
Sorry.
Lovely name though, either way.

I think it commonly pronounced Reubin so they probably think they are saying it correctly.

I would probably not say anything, as it is such a tiny mispronunciation.

no i have heard the reubun version

It could just be the way they pronounce the name... there's only one name, isn't there... or am I wrong and Reubin is a name? You might be reading too much into a slight difference in accent.

My grandma never said my name right. And she pronounced book with an oo sound rather than a u sound. and she said scown rather than sconn - perhaps it is just the way that these people say the name.

tbh the vowel difference is very small, to the extent that some people will be completely unaware that there is a difference
I'm not sure I'd bother correcting them, but just keep saying it right yourself.

It's like the NAY-o-mi / NEHR-mi / nay-O-mi one, and for the same reasons...

and fwiw, I've always pronounced it kind of like Roo-b'n

Lovely name (would have been dd2's name if she'd been a boy!)

Can only reiterate what others have said. You just have to keep letting other people hear how you say it. But sadly people do mispronounce names - however apparently simple they are (and sometimes it's just a question of accent). When Reuben gets older, he'll correct them himself. (My not Reuben but Ellen has a special look of disdain that she reserves for people who call her Helen.)

like this

I think I would be one of those to mispronounce it with my accent - I'd say 'ben' or 'bin' at the end, not 'bun'. I would be happy to be corrected if I were family, friend or teacher etc. Model how to say it yourself too, as I'd take my cue from you.

but no-one actually says 'roo-ben' to rhyme with 'blue hen', surely? Those pronunciation guides aren't great.

the second vowel is much more unformed, more like a schwa.

like my apostrophe, Mrs. B?

I find people pronouncing my ds name as jacub instead of jacob, very annoying

that's another one where I'd use my pronunciation apostrophe, shortie... Jayk'b

sort of like an err sound, but not as long as an err and not as flat as an u...

yes squonk, exactly

I have a secret love of IPA though

Surely if you say Reubin or Reubun quickly it sounds the same anyway?? Can't see the problem myself.
It's a bit like the word 'dear'- some people say 'dee-yaa', others the word comes out with one syllable.

Obviously if it bugs you that much, just correct someone- in a friendly, non-pedantic fashion, and they'll soon get the point. Although, you might find people staring blankly wondering what is different between what you are saying and what they are saying TBH.

(also think its a great name)

Think that's an accent thing. You might have to get used to it.

Thanks all for your interesting comments. i probably am being oversensitive and will just carry on and hope people copy.

my 3.6 yrs old dd had a unique name and im still correcting people how to spell and say her name. im getting used to it now

I've always said it as Rooben/Roob'n, never heard the Roobin pronounciation before. But it is a small difference, small enough to be caused by accent rather than intention IYSWIM.

Similarly it baffles me when I meet people who pronounce Helen as Hellin. I've known two Helens whose sibs and sometimes parents say the latter. V strange.

I agree with squonk. To be absolutely pedantic, it is Roo-b'n. Lovely name.
, but unless your are puff diddy you can spell it the normal way!

Always been Roo B'n as far as I'm concerned, as in Barrichello

but that's Roob'ns