[charlie23]

If I had of known how much DD's name would be butchered here I would have chosen something different.

In the US it wouldn't ever be an issue but here where most Aussies drop the "r" in words she goes from being Taylor to being Tayla. (I don't not like the name Tayla but it's not my DD's name)

So OP, I would look long and hard at how you will deal with correcting everyone you meet or finding a name that won't cause the problems!

Good luck

This post has been edited by charlie23: 05/04/2012, 02:59 PM

[la di dah]

Gah I'm having one of those days! Silent H!

Oh, thank crap!

I'm back on track now. I was soooo baffled.

Anyway, my husband loves then name Winter for a girl and I like it (not as much love as he but its nice) and we're mostly resigned to the fact he pretty much says Wintah and I say Winterrrr. She'll have to live with the fact her parents have different accents.

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charlie23 would you prefer Aussies to pronounce it Taylaw? It's the Australian way to not enunciate the r but are you trying to insist that people roll the soft R as you do in your dialect?

My whole point is that I have zero intention of correcting people as I find it unnecessary, and tbh correcting pronunciation often comes off as genuinely rude to me. But if people ask us how to pronounce it and we do so "wrong" which is entirely possible as there is not one single way, then we'll be creating a situation I don't really care all that much for. I think I'll be more inclined to say something along the lines of "I say it like this, but it's also pronounced that and I'm not too fussed either way".

[Etcetera]

Someone mentioned girls version of a name.

I think if the name is Gabriel, and people pronounce it Gabrielle, then that's a problem.
But if the pronunciation is because of differences in backgrounds or dialects etc, then it's not an issue.

[charlie23]

charlie23 would you prefer Aussies to pronounce it Taylaw? It's the Australian way to not enunciate the r but are you trying to insist that people roll the soft R as you do in your dialect?

It's not a soft R, it's an R sound full stop. Most people assume that her name is Tayla, I only correct them when they call her Tayla. She even corrects people because she knows that her name has an "r" in it.

Why should me correcting people be any different than someone with a Gaelic, Irish or Hebrew name needing to be corrected on how to pronounce Niamh, Aodh or Ephraim?

How about we agree to disagree

[CherryAmes]

Just clarifying - you've chosen a name you like which has two pronunciations. You're going with type A (let's say "Key-zia") when others may go with type B (let's say "Kez-ia").

It doesn't bother you if the kid gets called Kez-ia, but you're worried people will get annoyed/correct you/think you're wrong when you say "Key-zia"?

I say do whatever you want and don't worry about other people! Names are so personal. Eventually, everyone close to your child will use your chosen pronunciation.

[4kidlets]

Must admit I would have difficulty pronouncing Taylor and Tayla differently to each other - there is a Taylor Walker who plays AFL (therefore hear his name said on TV by football commentaters) and it sounds exactly same as girls Tayla to me.


But then I am one of these back water South Australians who says Grant to rhyme with plant - and pant to rhyme with ant.

and 'want' to rhyme with neither.

English is a funny language

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[Bluenomi]

Oh, thank crap!

I'm back on track now. I was soooo baffled.

Anyway, my husband loves then name Winter for a girl and I like it (not as much love as he but its nice) and we're mostly resigned to the fact he pretty much says Wintah and I say Winterrrr. She'll have to live with the fact her parents have different accents.

We have that problem with the cat, DH and I say her name differently. I claim I'm right since I picked it

[PatG]

There must be some names that are true heteronyms - i.e. Noel and Noel (although maybe need an accent to turn the boy knowl sound into the girl know-elle sound). I think if you care about which spelling is used you should care which pronunciation is used - to me a different spelling of the "same" name is as wrong as a different pronunciation of the "same" name. I know two Juliana's - one ends in anna sound and one in arna. They would each be annoyed if I butchered the pronunciation of their name- because they know I know what it should be.