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Help[Opinions] Changing the pronunciation of names
What are your feelings about this? With names from different countries and more familiar names. Using Sahr-ah instead of Sair-ah for Sarah in the US, for example.
My DD's has the name Inari pn EE-nar-ee in Finnish, but we have softened it and made it more anglicised to ih-NAR-ee. Is this a big no-no? (And apologies to Finns, I use the Finnish pn here, but I prefer it our way and it's a 2nd mn so won't come up often.)
I have come across a few other names that I would pn one way, but when I've looked them up they are a bit different. Taliesin, Eluned for example.
Would you pn the way you like and suffer people (name nerds) who know the 'correct' pn telling you off, scoffing at you online - whatever? Or would you just not use the name? Or would you always use the correct pn?
My DD's has the name Inari pn EE-nar-ee in Finnish, but we have softened it and made it more anglicised to ih-NAR-ee. Is this a big no-no? (And apologies to Finns, I use the Finnish pn here, but I prefer it our way and it's a 2nd mn so won't come up often.)
I have come across a few other names that I would pn one way, but when I've looked them up they are a bit different. Taliesin, Eluned for example.
Would you pn the way you like and suffer people (name nerds) who know the 'correct' pn telling you off, scoffing at you online - whatever? Or would you just not use the name? Or would you always use the correct pn?
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