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Help[Opinions] Re: Do you think a pronunciation of a name can be "enforced"?
in reply to a message by BeccyLeader2
Yes, and there is nothing wrong with affirming the pronunciation of your name even if it is not the conventional pronunciation in whatever other said place you are in.
I actually think of my own middle name, Ciara, when I see this topic. You have the English pronunciation see-AIHR-ah and the Irish pronunciation KEER-ah, hell, I’ve seen seen some more different variations. Regardless, both ways of saying it are valid. Ciara is a thousands-year old Irish name and Ciara is simply a spelling variant of Sierra, or after the Revalon perfume. Both work appropriately in an English-speaking setting.
On that note, where I’m from people are seldom going to mispronounce my name because they say it like the singer, but for an Irish girl I imagine she would have a hard time, and nobody has the right to mispronounce her name. Whether she wants to “enforce” the pronunciation of Ciara, which is KEER-ah and also valid, that is her choice. If I went by my middle name and I took a trip to Ireland, I would expect people to say it the Irish way and not the American way because that is a part of their accent, history, and culture. If anything knowing the history of the Irish it would feel a little offensive to impose “my way of saying it” on them. Though that’s another conversation in and of itself.
Even with my own first name, in the Hispanic World they pronounce it like “Ee-seez” and not EYE-sis, which is more English-based. I have no problem with that as that is their accent. When native English-speaking people say my name like “Is-is” however, I find it disrespectful and I correct them.
Sorry for the lengthy post, that’s just my two cents.
https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/217493
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I actually think of my own middle name, Ciara, when I see this topic. You have the English pronunciation see-AIHR-ah and the Irish pronunciation KEER-ah, hell, I’ve seen seen some more different variations. Regardless, both ways of saying it are valid. Ciara is a thousands-year old Irish name and Ciara is simply a spelling variant of Sierra, or after the Revalon perfume. Both work appropriately in an English-speaking setting.
On that note, where I’m from people are seldom going to mispronounce my name because they say it like the singer, but for an Irish girl I imagine she would have a hard time, and nobody has the right to mispronounce her name. Whether she wants to “enforce” the pronunciation of Ciara, which is KEER-ah and also valid, that is her choice. If I went by my middle name and I took a trip to Ireland, I would expect people to say it the Irish way and not the American way because that is a part of their accent, history, and culture. If anything knowing the history of the Irish it would feel a little offensive to impose “my way of saying it” on them. Though that’s another conversation in and of itself.
Even with my own first name, in the Hispanic World they pronounce it like “Ee-seez” and not EYE-sis, which is more English-based. I have no problem with that as that is their accent. When native English-speaking people say my name like “Is-is” however, I find it disrespectful and I correct them.
Sorry for the lengthy post, that’s just my two cents.
https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/217493
This message was edited 12/27/2024, 9:20 AM
