I am talking about the pronunciation of the names. Example, Dunta, Tra, Monta, they expect that last syllable to be pronounced "ay", but the rules of English state that it should be pronounced "uh" as in Linda. Why not just spell the name as Duntae or Duntay?
The worst case that I have ever heard of is Chone Figgins, he actually pronounces his name as if it were Shawn! Isn't that ridiculous? Everyone who sees that name will think that his name rhymes with phone.
2007-05-29 05:30:04 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
jennande, I don't think that you are a bad mother, but if I had been named Kleigh, I would have taunted unmercilessly at school. Of course, that was many years ago, and people are more tolerant of odd names and spellings today. Did your husband have to twist your arm to get you to agree to name your son Kleigh?
2007-05-29 10:36:00 · update #1
Where im from my generation im 24 tries to think of a name no other person (so they think) has. The names turns out being super ghetto and spelled crazy. Another thiing is teens having babies and cant spell, or women lower education than others.
2007-05-29 05:35:31 · answer #1 · answered by CHAE 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-09 01:45:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I first looked at this question my FIRST response was "rules of English language" are we both speaking the same language? As English has few actual rules...
HOWEVER, you are correct. An A at the end of a word is "ah" not "ay".
I can not answer your question positively but I think it stems from lack of education and also, lack of understanding of English grammar.
Its very sad... have you seen "Idiocracy?" Makes me fear that that's how to many people are headed!
I had a poor boy on my kids Basketball team 2 years ago, D'Ondre. I was saying his name Don-dr-uh. (I was living in Quebec where much of the population speaks French, the dre at the end would be dr-uh in French, unless there is an accent added. The child's name was D (like just say letter D) Andre. His family was anglophone.
Had a child LAST year on the team who's name appeared on my list as Siarhei - see-ar-hey? His mother called him "Sergei" in honour of her Russian grandmother ??????
2007-05-29 07:30:23 · answer #3 · answered by Noota Oolah 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you. It seems like some people don't think about the fact that these names are forever. These poor kids are going to look forward to a life of always correcting the pronunciation of their names. I'm all for making your name unique, but where does common sense kick in?
2007-05-29 06:01:12 · answer #4 · answered by K C 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I can't stand it either. I know you're not supposed to discriminate, but one time I was going through job applications for my employer. You could tell the person was black without even speaking to them by just looking at their name (which rarely could you pronounce correctly) . And while I admit that other races do it also, the black names are the worst I've ever heard. They make no sense at all. I know some black people who have given their children sensible names. They didn't "cave" to the white man, they aren't ghetto & therefore didn't want to give their children ridiculous names. It drives me nuts too! Thanx for bringing the topic up!
2007-05-29 05:41:44 · answer #5 · answered by Gypsydayne 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I work with children in one of the schools in our area. A boy was called Dale, I used to call him like that , but his cousins accused me of calling Day, they said his name is pronounced Dayell. I got a massive punch on my back on that day because I called him D ale and not Day ell.
2007-05-29 07:06:07 · answer #6 · answered by xyz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People want to be different, but in doing that they just get too extreme & it turns out sounding stupid & the kid will have issues with people spelling his name for the rest of his life, not to mention not being able to find any of those nifty pencils with his name already printed on it. :)
2007-05-29 05:36:19 · answer #7 · answered by sea_bass25 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i agree to a point....unless the name is ethnic to begin with
we gave our daughter a Mexican indigenous name ...Xochitl
depending on where you at in Mexico it may be pronounced
So-chee
Cho-chee
So-chit
or
So-cheel
of course ppl have a tough time figuring it out by looking at it but once they hear the pronunciation and it's meaning they LOVE it
2007-05-29 07:25:01 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They *think* they are being "unique" but instead they are cursing their child with a name no one else they ever meet will be able to spell or pronounce.
2007-05-29 05:42:14 · answer #9 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you--mothers burden their children for the rest of their lives with having to correct people about their names.
2007-05-29 05:34:15 · answer #10 · answered by An Inconvenient Thinker 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋