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in reply to a message by Delphi_Blue
Looking at the comments for Xanthe is amusing. Have you seen the disagreement of the pronunciation? It goes from Zan-thee to shawn-tay.
On a related note, does anyone find it annoying when someone uses the argument, "It's my name so I should know how it's pronounced"?
On a related note, does anyone find it annoying when someone uses the argument, "It's my name so I should know how it's pronounced"?
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I think, "It's MY name, so I should know how it's spelled" is worse, especially if that person has a yoo-neek spelling and insists up and down that their way is the "right" way. UGH.
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Definitely! If its you're name, you might know how YOU pronounce it, but not necessarily how it is supposed to be pronounced. Just because your parents choose the name doesn't mean they are an expert in it, and parents often get the spelling our pronunciation wrong! R
This message was edited 12/4/2013, 11:35 AM
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Exactly! If you're pronouncing your name shawn-tay, that just means your parents had no idea how to pronounce it "correctly" and you're just carrying on the wrong way!
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