Erf.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

A girl in my speech class?

D'Ashley, pronounced "dee-ashley."


I almost laughed aloud at the roll call.

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[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

if you get to know her better (or it comes up or something) you MUST ask her how her parents came up with that or why or whatever.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I thought of that too!


Definitely.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I used to know a girl named D'Anne (or D'Anna? I can't remember which.) Point is, I always found that weird too but I've seen in a couple name books since. And her family all had normal white-suburban names. Hmmmmm....

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, it's in many of my books, too. It's just kind of a WTF thing to me.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

LOL*

[x-lostinyou.livejournal.com]

That's so stupid, because it doesn't even say 'Deeashley'. It would say Dashley.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the teacher said on the printout there is no apostrophe even.


Erg.

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Haha. The only apostrophe name that I think is acceptable is D'Arcy, because it's actually based on a legitimate (French) surname. There were a few men names D'Arcy in nineteenth century Canada, when ancestral last names were commonly given as first names.

But yeah. D'Ashley sucks.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

D'arcy is acceptable to me too. D'artagnan, too. ;-)

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

D'Arcy*

D'Artagnan*

[blitzgirl.livejournal.com]

I have a friend named Deanna.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I think that is totally different.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

LOL

[mysticamor.livejournal.com]

I know a D'Angelo...is that as bad?

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Not as bad, LOL.

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

My husband wanted to name our baby D'Artagnan. I lol'ed.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

LOL

Talk about lifetime mispronunciation (in the states, at least)