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[Opinions] Difficult to pronounce?

by Jae (guest)

2/5/2005, 5:39 PM

What names do you think would be really hard for a child to say?

some that I personally think might be difficult especially for a younger child when they are trying to learn their name:
Adrastos
Adrasteia
Agamemnon
Ceridwen (ke-RID-wen)
Clytemnestra (klie-tem-NES-tra)
Aurora
Adelaide
Abigail (maybe?)
Antoinette
Ezekiel
Ayanna / Aiyana / Iyanna / Iyana / Aiyanna, etc.
Maximilian
Roderick
Yahaira
Sahara
Serena (I met a little girl with this name, and she sometimes had a hard time saying "Serena")

#pronunciation

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- Lauren B (guest)

2/7/2005, 3:16 AM

Lauren...

I never had trouble saying my name, but lots of other kids at school did. I was always Lohw-un, or LOR-un.

- Miss Claire

2/6/2005, 7:11 AM

It depends on the background imo. A French kid won't have problems with Antoinette, but will with Clytemnestra, especially pron. with an English accent!

I would say:

Adrasteia
Agamemnon
Clytemnestra (klie-tem-NES-tra)
Yahaira if it is yah-hah-ee-rah

- shantastic

2/5/2005, 8:05 PM

I used to have trouble saying my name, so I was usually "Annie" until I was about three.

I agree with most of the names on your list insofar as they'd be difficult for a young child to say- especially Roderick and Aurora.

Shannon

- Lissa Hannah (Lissa)

2/5/2005, 5:51 PM

Well, I've never taken that into consideration, because speech impediments can be overcome, and I think people can pronounce their own names without a problem, since it is their own name...it's hard to explain, but I think it's sort of a given to pronounce, if it's our own name. Plus, you're an adult longer than a child. For myself, I do find Aurora very awkward to say.

-Lissa Hannah-
As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead. - Allan Bloom

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