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[Opinions] What names do you find difficult to pronounce?

by carmags

3/19/2009, 5:41 PM

I'm not referring to being uncertain about how to pronounce a name, but literally which ones do you have trouble saying without feeling awkward?

I have trouble saying names like Aurora and Rory.

Please share.

#pronunciation

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- Andromache (Hannah Ruth)

3/20/2009, 9:00 AM

Iolanthe, Ianthe, Iole and Iola.

- xPrincess27x

3/20/2009, 8:53 AM

I struggle with names like Guinevere.

- Mireio (Anna21)

3/20/2009, 6:44 AM

Jeremy
Aurora

- Chrysanthemum (hayleyskye)

3/19/2009, 11:07 PM

Myfanwy
Ianthe

- Rachel Dianne (Rachelgirl1989)

3/19/2009, 10:16 PM

Varients of Dylan- I can say Dylan but not names similar. They all come out sounding like Dylan to me even if someone says their name is pronounced differently. This girl I know who's name is Dellyn or something like that says her name's not pronounced Dylan, but when my sister's explained how it was pronounced it sounded the same.

Aaron/Erin- I don't know if this is wrong, but I say them the same

- Akua Topaz

3/19/2009, 10:07 PM

I have trouble with Aurora and Rory too. I also have trouble with the word 'rural' :p

I guess I have a little trouble with Wilhelmina, too, though I love it. I never quite know whether I should say the second L or not. Usually I just say "Willa-Mina"...

- Marija Luminitsa

3/19/2009, 9:04 PM

I am never satisfied with my accent on names from Nahuatl:

Xochitl
Xochiquetzal
Xochipilli
Chalchiuhticue
Citlali
Cuauhtémoc
Mictlantecuhtli
Quetzalcoatl
Tlaloc

- Elena

3/19/2009, 8:43 PM

Those two and Laurel!

- Kristen (iamkristen)

3/19/2009, 7:40 PM

Amelie, I just can't say it.

- MoonAgeDaydreamer

3/19/2009, 7:25 PM

Nadezhda. I have a friend with this name, so therefore every now and then I heard someone grapple with it, but she usually goes by the easier Nadejda, pronounced 'Nah-Dee-Dah." But I only recently found out about the second "d." For months I've thought it was Nadeja!

- elsie (scholasticastewart) +1

3/19/2009, 7:17 PM

Willa

I guess because I like the name Rilla so much. Willa sounds like how I would say Rilla if I was seven, because I pronounced my Rs like Ws (and still do so every so often now).

However, William and Will are fine. I guess if I liked Rilliam and Rill...

- Snapdragon

3/19/2009, 7:48 PM

I've long said/felt the same about Rilla and Willa...

Because I like Rilla as much as I do and am so used to it, Willa just sounds like someone who can't pronounce the letter R trying to say Rilla.

- LMS +2

3/19/2009, 6:30 PM

Thea. I always what to say Theeuh not Tayuh.
I also have a problem with Xanthe and Ianthe and all other names that end the same. I always want to just end them with th, not tay or teh.

- Marija Luminitsa +1

3/19/2009, 8:48 PM

Well in Modern Greek it is th, so it still works. :-)

- LMS

3/19/2009, 9:42 PM

Really?

That makes me like those names so much more! I like them pronounced with the 'th' but not with the 'tay' or 'tuh.'

- Snapdragon

3/19/2009, 5:55 PM

I cannot pronounce Philippa correctly. I've tried and tried, but am just unable to.

I can only pronounce it with the stress on the second syllable, rather than the first.

- mermaidwriter1000

3/19/2009, 5:44 PM

I love Melania and Melanthia. They are hard for me to pronounce. I still love them.

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