Is it wrong to be bothered by people pronouncing their own names wrong?
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Duofours...
Date: 2010-01-05 04:20 am (UTC)From:Re: Duofours...
Date: 2010-01-05 03:20 pm (UTC)From:Re: Duofours...
Date: 2010-01-05 04:50 pm (UTC)From::)
In my neck of the woods it was actually Dubois - the french form would be "doo-bwaz" (with a nearly silent "z" sound). One of the kids insisted it was actually "doo-boyz". Okay... he was a duofours...
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Date: 2010-01-05 04:34 am (UTC)From:Part of her family said BARdulls and the other ones said barTELLS. I thought that was funny then, but, after teacher-years of seeing names and the Amerianizations of them, it's not surprising to me that families adjust things.
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Date: 2010-01-05 04:58 am (UTC)From:{Gal vs Gall}
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Gall-bee-Ah-tee (Italian)
and the Americanized
Gyal-bee-Ah-tee
Our oldest member uses the American version and the younger ones use the Italian *L*
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Date: 2010-01-06 12:33 am (UTC)From:In German, the "oe" has a strange pronunciation that most non-Germans can't get, but it sounds similar to the "a" sound. So "Kray-ger" would be closest.
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Date: 2010-01-06 12:22 pm (UTC)From:Igor: Dr. Frankenstein...
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: "Fronkensteen."
Igor: You're putting me on.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No, it's pronounced "Fronkensteen."
Igor: Do you also say "Froaderick"?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No... ”Frederick."
Igor: Well, why isn't it "Froaderick Fronkensteen"?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: It isn't; it's "Frederick Fronkensteen."
Igor: I see.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: You must be Igor.
[He pronounces it ee-gor]
Igor: No, it's pronounced "eye-gor."
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: But they told me it was "ee-gor."
Igor: Well, they were wrong then, weren't they?
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Date: 2010-01-05 09:11 am (UTC)From::)
Give me an example of what bothers you.
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