pronunciations.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i've been wanting to make this post for awhile now. basically it'll be members asking others: how is [name] pronounced?. it's not really a post asking how you prefer to pronounce a name..it's just that there are some names that i really do not know how to pronounce whatsoever and i figured that i'm not alone in this. i thought this could be helpful.

so i'll list mine and you list yours. hopefully we can help each other out. :]
how do you pronounce?
aoife?
rhiannon? (idk if it's REE-ann-inn or RYE-ann-inn)



also, if your name gets mispronounced often or if you know of names that are often mispronounced, post them here.

my example: my name is hana. it's not pronounced like hannah. it's more like HAH-nuh. it rhymes with nirvana. i get called hannah all the time. =/ that's not my name!! so, if you meet a 'hana', don't call her hannah! :]

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[cardiovascular.livejournal.com]

UGH people do that to my daughter, too. Her name is Eva - the Polish Eva, so it's pronounced "Eh-vah." I can't tell you how many times I've told people "Her name is Eh-vah." only to have them say "Hi AY-VUH/EEE-VUH!" UGH UGH UGH.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

ugh. i don't understand it! it's like someone saying to me, "hi, i'm ted" and i say back, "nice to meet you, ned!" >:o