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HelpRe: Pronunciation - Should it be enforced?
in reply to a message by Joiya
It depends on how different it is. If my name was Alicia and pronounced a-leesh-ah, I wouldn't want to be called a-lis-ee-yah all the time.
If it is more of an accent thing, like how I say Cara as CAR-ah and not CARE-ah, I don't think you should get insulted by it. I find it very difficult to pronounce CARE-ah.
An example of me changing my pronunciation of one name depending on who it is for: the father of one of my college roommate is called Craig. He is American so it is pronounced like CREG. My uncle is also named Craig. He is Australian and so we say CRAY-g. It's really not that hard to adjust to someone else's pronunciation in general.
If it is more of an accent thing, like how I say Cara as CAR-ah and not CARE-ah, I don't think you should get insulted by it. I find it very difficult to pronounce CARE-ah.
An example of me changing my pronunciation of one name depending on who it is for: the father of one of my college roommate is called Craig. He is American so it is pronounced like CREG. My uncle is also named Craig. He is Australian and so we say CRAY-g. It's really not that hard to adjust to someone else's pronunciation in general.
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