Strangest pronunciations

[Pandora]

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

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

[~clover~]

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.