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Help[Opinions] Adaycia
I met a woman today who had a daughter named Adaycia. When I pronounced it Uh-Day-shuh she said, "No, it's actually Uh-Dah-shuh, but I didn't think about that when I spelled it." She actually seemed genuinely sorry that she had spelled it that way. I felt bad that I pronounced it incorrectly as well.
How would you have pronounced it?
Do you feel bad when you pronounce a name incorrectly, even if it is kree8tif?
What do you think of the name Adaycia?
How would you have pronounced it?
Do you feel bad when you pronounce a name incorrectly, even if it is kree8tif?
What do you think of the name Adaycia?
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I would have pronounced it Uh-DAY-see-ah. I think if the name is spelt so kree8tiv that it can get easily mispronounced, then you shouldn't feel bad about pronouncing it incorrectly. The mother should have been able to see that coming. I don't think it's a great name but I've heard worse.
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Um, you shouldn't feel bad for pronouncing a name seemingly correctly. You would've been wrong, though, if you assumed it was pronounced uh-DAH-shah with the spelling given, imo. :b When people make up names and then spell them in a way contradictory to how they want them to be pronounced, they SHOULD be sorry. LOL. Then they should legally have the spelling changed. (Can you tell this upsets me? ;b)
BTW, I know a little girl named Adaijah--ah-DAY-zhah. It actually grew on me. She was sometimes called Day-Day, but the only problem with that was that her sister, Octavia, was sometimes called Tay-Tay. :-/
BTW, I know a little girl named Adaijah--ah-DAY-zhah. It actually grew on me. She was sometimes called Day-Day, but the only problem with that was that her sister, Octavia, was sometimes called Tay-Tay. :-/
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I would've said it like you did - much like audacious without the us.
I don't feel bad about incorrect pronunciation, but I do feel impatient with people who get their feelings hurt when I have to have a name repeated -- don't they want me to want to say it right? Duh.
Adaycia: not my thing, spellingwise or soundwise. The sound isn't awful but the spelling leaves a lot to be desired. I feel sort of sorry for the woman who isn't happy with how she spelled it.
I don't feel bad about incorrect pronunciation, but I do feel impatient with people who get their feelings hurt when I have to have a name repeated -- don't they want me to want to say it right? Duh.
Adaycia: not my thing, spellingwise or soundwise. The sound isn't awful but the spelling leaves a lot to be desired. I feel sort of sorry for the woman who isn't happy with how she spelled it.
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I didn't even think about "audacious". I guess it's better she doesn't pronounce it like it's spelled, because then the possessive of her name (Adaycia's) would always sound like "audacious". :-/
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I would have said it uh-DAY-see-uh, even worse! It's not really my style, but it's not awful either. I just wish the mother had spelt it appropriately.
I'm not in many situations where I have to say names of people out loud that I don't know, but even if I am, all the names here are so boring and well-known that it doesn't even matter. =/
I'm not in many situations where I have to say names of people out loud that I don't know, but even if I am, all the names here are so boring and well-known that it doesn't even matter. =/
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hi my name is alexia and i have many friends around the world that pronounce it a-LE-xia.the problem is that i am greek and we pronounce it ale-XI-a. even some greek people pronounce it a-LE-xia because they think it sounds tredy that way or just to tease me. anyway it doesn't bother me at all! why does everybody have to know how to spell and pronounce my name correctly?? am i a celeb or sth??lol
plus mind you my dad's dad was from asia minor and we also have a pretty wierd surname. i've heard both my name and my surname pronounced wrong from tons of teachers at school but i never cared.
th funnest thing was when a pe teacher once said to me "ok, a-LE-xia, how do you pronounce your surname??"! everybody laughed including me!
plus mind you my dad's dad was from asia minor and we also have a pretty wierd surname. i've heard both my name and my surname pronounced wrong from tons of teachers at school but i never cared.
th funnest thing was when a pe teacher once said to me "ok, a-LE-xia, how do you pronounce your surname??"! everybody laughed including me!
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Your post confused me until about halfway through. Everyone doesn't have to know how to spell and pronounce every name correctly but it sort of irks me when people get annoyed when their creatively spelled name is mispronounced. It is one thing if the person has a fairly normal name (like Leah, Samuel, Daisy) and people are not pronouncing it correctly, because then the person attempting to pronounce it is simply ignorant. Your name would also be an exception as it is not creatively spelled. I do think that people should understand that names are pronounced differently in different countries or are spelled in different ways. When something is just made-up off of the top of ones head though, that doesn't make sense to me.
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How would you have pronounced it? I would have prn. it similar to you... Uh-Day-Shuh or perhaps Uh-day-see-uh
Do you feel bad when you pronounce a name incorrectly, even if it is kree8tif? I always feel bad--I think it makes the parents feel sorry and the kids feel frustrated. It is a burden to bear, always having to fix the prn./spelling of your name.
What do you think of the name Adaycia? NMS. There is just too much going on.
Do you feel bad when you pronounce a name incorrectly, even if it is kree8tif? I always feel bad--I think it makes the parents feel sorry and the kids feel frustrated. It is a burden to bear, always having to fix the prn./spelling of your name.
What do you think of the name Adaycia? NMS. There is just too much going on.
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Hindsight is a wonderful thing, is it not? That, folks, is why you carefully consider your child's name BEFORE you write it on the birth certificate. Poor little girl. As for you, I wouldn't feel bad. If you pronounce it the way it looks and say it wrong, it's not your fault. I know several little Ciaras. Some pronounce it correctly, and some have parents who seemed to have laboured under the belief that it is pronounced like Sierra. So when I see the name and call the child KEE-rah and get corrected, all I can say is that I pronounced it by the book. About Adaycia, the sound isn't bad, but it looks incredibly made-up and tryndee. Not to mention, the spelling confuses people. ;)
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Well, I reckon if you name your child something that people are going to pronounce wrong coz it's made up, you should...well, have thought about it before you named them that and deal with it. It's the child I feel sorry for in that situation. If, on the other hand, the name is not made up, just from a different language or country, that's fine! :) Adaycia is ok-ish...NMS really...I would've pronounced it Uh-DAY-shuh too...
This message was edited 7/3/2007, 8:31 AM
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