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in reply to a message by zoopeht
The spelling of my name is only one letter away from the more preferred spelling, but people mispronounce it ALL THE TIME. It's Rachael, but I've been called Ray-SHELL, Ro-SHELL, and even Raw-shy-ELLE (my own personal favorite). I've grown used to correcting people, so it's really not a big deal anymore. I just remind myself that not everyone is a name nerd. :)
As far as hesitating to use a name that might be difficult for others to read/pronounce...I say, the hell with it. Like I said, I had to correct people with a fairly simple name, so if I like a beautiful name that is just a bit out of the ordinary, I'd use it, anyway. Actually, that probably WILL happen in my case; my husband has very strong Norwegian roots and wants to give our child a Norwegian name. I can't see that going over well with Americans, but oh well. He/she will survive (and they will fit right in when they go to visit their family in Norway).
As far as hesitating to use a name that might be difficult for others to read/pronounce...I say, the hell with it. Like I said, I had to correct people with a fairly simple name, so if I like a beautiful name that is just a bit out of the ordinary, I'd use it, anyway. Actually, that probably WILL happen in my case; my husband has very strong Norwegian roots and wants to give our child a Norwegian name. I can't see that going over well with Americans, but oh well. He/she will survive (and they will fit right in when they go to visit their family in Norway).
This message was edited 10/22/2009, 12:54 PM
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