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[patheticinvader.livejournal.com]

After my last post, I thought about how people mispronounce obvious names, and such.

What does everyone think of the name Cullen ("Kull-en")? It's my 6 year old cousin's name, and some aunts and uncles in the family, and family "friends", to this day, call him "Colin" (pronounced Cole-in) and "Collin" (Call-in). They even write his name like that!

Now, in the case of my family, the fact that Cullen's name is mis spelled and mispronounced is due to the laziness and disregard my family has towards actually learning the name.

But, as someone posted in a comment to me, their daughter's name is Rylee and people mispronounce that name, too.

What are some other names that people butcher, such as Cullen and Rylee?

Comments

[missamerican.livejournal.com]

This is crazy. There isn't really a WRONG way to pronounce names.
In the case of someone in specific, like your cousin- sure- because people have their own way of pronouncing their name. But don't expect people to know how to pronounce any name.
Names are pronounced differently based on different things: culture, dialect, accent, etc. My name is Jamie. "J-ME" not "HI-MAE".. and while most people around here assume by seeing my name it's "J-ME".. I shouldn't get mad when someone from a Spanish-speaking country says "HI-MAE."
Instead of whining about how someone pronounces your Cousins name wrong.. why don't you tell them how to pronounce it instead. If they keep pronouncing it different than your cousin does, complain all you want- about them being stubborn and stupid.

[patheticinvader.livejournal.com]

Someone from a spanish speaking country would say HI-MAE being in spanish, J is pronounced H. THAT is an understandable mispronunciation.

And lady, I've been telling my family for 6 years his name is not pronounced or spelled like Colin. My family is a load of jackasses who don't pay attention.

Read the rest of the replies to this post. I asked about butchering. You can't pronounce some names differently because of location, dialect, culture, etc, if they're spelled in an obvious way.

If a Japanese man comes to the US and says my name wrong, THAT is understandable.

If someone from Texas comes to Vegas and says the name Rylee like "Ray-lee", he's an idiot.

[missamerican.livejournal.com]

You CAN pronounce almost every name different-- even if they are spelled in an "obvious" way.

How does that make him an idiot? People say things different. caramel. caribbean. tomato. aunt. creek. route. People have different accents. Not everyone can be your idea of perfect. You need to wake up and realize that.

"A word can be spoken in different ways by various individuals or groups, depending on many factors, such as the time in which they grew up, the area in which they grew up, the area in which they now live, their social class, and their education."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation
That doesn't necessarily mean it's WRONG.