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[Opinions] Names you have pronounced incorrectly
I used to think Sorcha was really lovely, because I thought it was pronounced SORE-chuh. Alas, then I read that it's actually SORE-uh-kah, which makes me think of the Swedish word for voles (sorkar; it also means "young boys" in modern Gutnish, spoken on the island of Gotland).
I liked Remedios, because I thought it was re-me-DEE-os, but then I learned that it's really re-MEH-dee-ohs, which makes me think of mass media.
I liked Saoirse because I thought it was pronounced SHORE-sah, but then I learned that it's really SEER-sha, which I don't like very much.Other names I used to pronounce incorrectly (I don't even know if incorrectly is the right word to use here, lol!):
Imogen - EYE-mo-ghen? ee-MOO-ghen? Emotion? immo-JEEN? It took me years before I understood it's pronounced IM-mo-jen
Siobhan - I pronounced it SOW-un instead of shi-VAUN
Niamh - nee-UHM or nevee. But it's neev or NEE-uhv, right?

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Names you have pronounced incorrectly  ·  Caprice  ·  1/23/2013, 2:04 PM
Re: Names you have pronounced incorrectly  ·  Marija Luminitsa  ·  1/24/2013, 10:56 AM
Re: Names you have pronounced incorrectly  ·  Cyndi  ·  1/24/2013, 10:45 AM
Re: Names you have pronounced incorrectly  ·  Ismene  ·  1/24/2013, 8:22 AM
Re: Names you have pronounced incorrectly  ·  Mareasi  ·  1/24/2013, 2:50 AM
Re: Names you have pronounced incorrectly  ·  Malk  ·  1/24/2013, 2:17 AM
Re: Names you have pronounced incorrectly  ·  Violet  ·  1/24/2013, 4:42 PM
Re: Names you have pronounced incorrectly  ·  Link  ·  1/23/2013, 10:30 PM
Re: Names you have pronounced incorrectly  ·  Frollein Gladys  ·  1/23/2013, 5:30 PM
Tried to figure this out a while back...  ·  Tiggs  ·  1/25/2013, 11:30 AM
Re: Names you have pronounced incorrectly  ·  Violet  ·  1/24/2013, 4:41 PM
Re: Names you have pronounced incorrectly  ·  Ismene (nsi)  ·  1/24/2013, 8:03 AM
Re: Names you have pronounced incorrectly  ·  Calla  ·  1/23/2013, 6:50 PM
Re: Names you have pronounced incorrectly  ·  Ludwig  ·  1/23/2013, 7:21 PM
Re: Names you have pronounced incorrectly  ·  Bear  ·  1/23/2013, 4:53 PM
Re: Names you have pronounced incorrectly  ·  Llewella  ·  1/23/2013, 4:17 PM
Re: Names you have pronounced incorrectly  ·  Tassiegirl  ·  1/24/2013, 6:34 AM
Re: Names you have pronounced incorrectly  ·  jennifer  ·  1/25/2013, 3:49 AM
Emil  ·  Bear  ·  1/23/2013, 4:49 PM
Re: Emil  ·  Llewella  ·  1/24/2013, 3:47 AM
Re: Emil  ·  Sofia  ·  1/24/2013, 11:29 AM
Re: Emil  ·  Phoebe  ·  1/23/2013, 5:28 PM
Re: Emil  ·  Frollein Gladys  ·  1/23/2013, 5:26 PM