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babynamesAfter 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?
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?
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Date: 2006-06-25 11:56 am (UTC)I've heard that it's funny to ask Americans to say "hurry hairy Harry!" because all those words sound the same in their accents, when they're vastly different in our accent. It's probably the same sort of thing...