Strangest pronunciations

[smiles4u]

Reminds me of my DD's name Cendrine which english speaking countries pronounce as it looks Sen - dreen ... But the proper French why of saying it is Son - drien

We loved both ways ... but we pronounce it is as we knew us Aussie's would say it

Like my name Lorelle ... pronounced Ler - elle ... yet my older sister & Dad are the only two people on the planet that pronounce it Law - relle

[Muffy]

Like my name Lorelle ... pronounced Ler - elle ... yet my older sister & Dad are the only two people on the planet that pronounce it Law - relle

thats how i would pronounce it... law-relle...

[Rouge]

Re irish names... its not english its gaelic. The same could easily be said for many other languages. My name is pronounced nothing like how it is read in english (however the english way is how I let people pronounce it as its easier).

[Rouge]

Oh and Aoife is Basically Eve, but more of an f sound than a v sound.

[Phteven]

I used to work with an Aoife. She pronounced it like Eva but with an F. It's one of my favourite names.

[Rouge]

Depends where you come from if you pronounce the e... its mostly like letting out air after saying eve, not really like saying a hard ah... its very quick... hard to explain... bah.

[Trillian]

That's why I spelt Alister the way I did and not Alistair/Alastair because Australians generally have lazy pronunciation so it would never be said right and would always be said as Alister. However FIL always says Alastair ROFL.

The Alicia thing I always thought was funny because her Mum never used to say it that way, for some reason she just got a bee in her bonnet about it and decided it had to be the other way LOL.

[Sequoia]

Depends where you come from if you pronounce the e... its mostly like letting out air after saying eve, not really like saying a hard ah... its very quick... hard to explain... bah.

Now I remember...Aoife = Eefa.

[Pandora]

I think a lot of it comes down to the way kids are taught to read at school, by sounding things out, when the English language can have one seplling with tons or pronunciations (ough is a classic - through, though, thought, tough, plough, thorough, hiccough)

DaintreeDream - one of the kinder teachers where DS will hopefully go next year is Rachelle pronounced Rachael.
Lulu i reckon youd have heard a few pearlers in the call centre.
My Aunty works for centrelink in Pensions and so from time to tme I hear some rippers like

Elspeth - el-SER-peth
Danielle - Dun-EEL
Karen - Kaaren

And I worked with someone whose name was spelled Bahriye, and pronounced Bree-uh

[LimeSlice]

And I worked with someone whose name was spelled Bahriye, and pronounced Bree-uh

Maybe she had to change the pronunciation cos she was sick of people calling her Barry?