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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.
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I just remembered another one...
I went to uni with a girl called Angela but it was Ahngela rather than Anngela (but as Trillian says - she had a bit of the Hyacynths about her)
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ROFL, I can just imagine the Ahngela. People who talk with a plum in their throat say things wrong all the time, like the ones who will say Grarnt instead of Grant. It's hilarious, like they think they own the Queen's English LOL
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Yes Trillian! I get that. My name is Deanne, pronounced D-Anne I always get D-arn. I hate it! I also get Deanna, Diane, Diana but thats a whole nother story about lazy readers! And when they write it they put an A on the end when they said my name correctly without one.
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I hate it on the phone.. my name is Sheree and I get Therese, Cherise, Cherry, Sherry you name it.. thats one reason I called my girls easily pronounced common names..that and the fact that their surname has 4 sylables!!
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I hear you Shezabelle,
My name is Naomi you say it how you spell it but spelling it out its nay oh me easy right - yeah except for those so call me Niomi, or Neeomi or mary ?? I hate it when people say my name wrong its not that hard
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Haha Nae - I'm Naomi too and I get Neeomi, Niomi, Leonie, Fiona etc. It's not a hard name - it's phonetic too so it's not hard. So yeah I just go by Nai as well.
I love the Sean than was pronounced Seen. There's an actor Sean Bean and DP always calls him Seen Been as he thinks his parents were cruel to name him that given his surname and the different pronunciations of the similar spellings - that would be very confusing to a child learning to read and spell!
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My brother is Sean - fairly common spelling, but he hates it cause everyone spells it Shaun. I know someone who's daughter is Aisleen.
However it is pronounced Ash leen - Irish or something, I still remember her being offended when I pronounced it wrong - I'm thinking to myself, well spell it properly then!
Oh that's alright Laura133 ... you can be my sister's twinHey, i have gotten Laura a few times
... Met a Laurelle once too
Nai (Naomi) ... yep know what you mean
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I actually dont mind the pronunciations as much, as long as people are prepared to have it mispronounced, the first time. Once they tell you how to pronounce their name I dont see that there is any excuse for you not to try. I get cranky on this as our surname is German (or possibly Dutch) and is constantly mispronounced regardless of how many times we tell people.
I find it varys by state and Vic (please dont shoot me Im a victorian!) seems to be one of the laziest as regards pronunciation. Hence why I can't name my child Sasha or Natasha, because people would say SASH-a and Na-TASH-a rather than SAH-sha, Na-TAH-sha etc
The poor woman i was in the bed next to when I had Milo (btw we get Meelo all the time, and sometimes Toby??) names her baby Natasha, with a AH sound, and had changed it within 24hours becuase HER OWN FAMILY werent making the effort to pronounce it the way she had chosen.
Gaelic and Welsh names are kinda hard - which is why Id ask rather than attempt most times
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My sister is Sahra.
Mum & dad went through 3 spellings to get people saying it right.
Sara (se rah)
Zara (Ze rah!)
Then Sahra (Sah rah)
She still gets Se rah alot, but its a bit more common these days, so people are getting used to it.
I went to school with a Naomi, who always got Nyomi. There was a local girl actually called Nyomi.
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