How Do You Pronounce Your Name?

[Tweety_Pie]

Sorry if this is a pointless thread... i just thought it would be cool to know how you pronounce your name :)

mine is pretty simple

Kelsey - "Kel-see"

[binka_nugget]

Mine's simple..

Ash-lee

[Tonya]

Tonya like Tawnya.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Ju-lee-anne [Julianne].

Julie is easy, which is why I pretty much go by it. :p Ju-lee.

[Nomilynn]

Naomi = Nay-oh-mee

Everyone thinks it's like "Nye-oh-mee" and I HATE that :p

[MariaM]

Maria - Muh-Ree-Uh

Lots of people call me Marie, and I HATE that!

[Kfamr]

Like the letter K.;)

[cali]

some people cant believ other peopl ehave trouble prnouncing my name lol I have been called everything from shyanne to sheena, I really dont know what is so hard about:

Shayna lol Shay-Nuh everyone can pronounce shayla but no one can pronounce shayna :rolleyes: drives me nuts.

[Dogz]

Emma.

Eh-ma. :p

[Uabassoon]

Mine is pronounced two different ways. My family pronounces it Louda but most of my friend pronounce it Lora. I really don't have a prefrence. One of the main reasons my parents named me Laura is because they wanted me to have a name that could be easily pronounced in both english and spanish.

[green_chameleon_girl]

Mine is

Heh-ther =Heather:)

[heinz57_79]

Easy easy easy... JC - Jay See :)

Bella, my gf (i told her to post herself, but she's lazy :rolleyes: ) is tricky. Everyone thinks is Bell-la. It's actually BAY-ya.

[Desert Arabian]

Lay-key-sha

HA HA HA

It's Laura....pretty simple....LOR-UH

[Lillycat]

still just lilly.....lil-ly

[primabella]

Liana - Lee-Ann-Uh

[Samantha Puppy]

Jaime = jay-mee

[molucass]

Cori - Cor-ee

[Tiah]

Ty = Tiah

;)

[slleipnir]

Odd-ree - Audrey. cause I'm odd.

[DogLover9501]

Mine's simple too :p

The only trouble I've ever had is people spelling it with an i :p

Rob-in=Robyn

[bluekat]

Mine's pretty simple I think:p But people always think its Stephanie when I tell them and its annoying lol.

Tiffany= tif-fin-nee

In grade 5 everyone decided to call me tif-fanny but it was just a nickname lol:p

[Amber]

Am-bur / Amber

little kids that I babysit always say my name like Ham-bur LOL :p

[BitsyNaceyDog]

My name is Kari pronounced like..
Help me carry the groceries into the house.

[sirrahved]

My name's Devon... I pronounce it DEV-in. I hate when people call me dev-ON...

[flamepony12]

MY NAME'S DEVON, TOO! im not joking! LOL:D
Dev-in
i hate it when people pronounce it Dev-ON, too.
:):D

[CamCamPup33]

Am-Burr.

My younger cousin calls me "Am-Ba" Ahh i don't know how to spell it, i guess i would have to say it in order for you to know what i was talking about. :p

[Karen]

I pronounce Karen - the a like in apple, or carry - Kar'n

Ka-ren

others pronounce it more like Kah-ren
or Kare-in

and that's okay, too! I'll answer to them all!

My illustration professor once wrote
Boston   Bosten   Bostin
on the chalkboard, pointed to me and said - "I bet you're the only one in this room who would pronounce those differently." Had nothing to do with anything, and he didn't test his theory, but it was wierd!

So Devons, both of you, I would pronounce it Dev-unn -(emphasis on the first syllabl, of course) is that as offensive is Dev-on? If you pronouce it Devin, why not spell it that way? ;)

Aren't you all glad I'm not your English teacher? :p

[Tonya]

Tonya...Tawn-ya

*edit* These migrane meds are doing everything but fix my headache! I answered this thread last week...haha.

[jazzcat]

I'm Lori
Lor-ree

I hate when people call me Lora or Laurie.

[EssTer]

Me name's Liga and it's pronounced as Lee-gah

[Doggirl]

Mary-Louise/Mar-ee-Lou-ease. I hate it when people say can I call you Mary? I'm thinking "No did you not here me say my name?" But I always end you saying that they can. And I'm suprised if I don't have to repeat it sevral times before they get it.

[swimma253]

Carly- Car- lee

[joanofark]

Sar-ra/Sarah

People never have any problem saying my name, they just have a problem spelling my name. They spell it-

Sara (I hate that):mad:
My friend Marianne has a older brother who spells it Sahra
Serah
Sareh
Saria

I've seen everything!...I dident think it was so hard to spell S-A-R-A-H

[pitc9]

Angie

Sounds like Ann-G :D

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Deb-e = Debbie pretty simple. The thing that I hate is when people insist on calling me Debra, even though they have no idea if that's my real name or not. I've known people that the only name I've ever told them is Debbie, and they insist on Debra - and not only Debra, but Deb-or-a = Deborah - gah! I hate it! Just because Debbie is a common nickname for Debra or Deborah, that doesn't mean that that is my name. Terry's (my signficant other) real name is actually Terry - not Terrance and my boss's real name is Randy - not Randall, so why do people assume that my real name is Debra - or worse Deborah? :mad:

Ok, after all that ranting, yes, my real name is Debra, but I've always been known as Debbie and it's just a pet peeve of mine - thus the rant. :rolleyes: :p :D

[dappledoxie]

Bran-dee=Brandy :D

or as my best friend Shannon says... Brand-Y

or my nephew pronounces it.... MeMe

lol! :D

[BCBlondie]

My name is Diana, pronounced Dee-aw-na !! (NOT die-anna)

[Harmanie]

My name is pronounce
kay+ate= Kate
But my real name is Kathline pronounced
Kath+leen

[Cataholic]

Joe-hawn-ah. Johanna. Not simple. Really not simple. Mispronounced ALL the time. Jo-ANNA, Jo-hanna, Jill Hanna (very often, which surprises me). About 10% call me Joh....

I can always tell if someone is a friend of mine by the way they pronounce my name (over the phone....in person, I recognize my friends, usually).

[Samantha Puppy]

Jaime = Jay-mee

I always know when I'm getting a crap phone call when someone asks for Mr. Jaime, Jaime pronouced Hy-may (as in Spanish), or James. :rolleyes:

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by Cataholic
Joe-hawn-ah. Johanna. Not simple. Really not simple. Mispronounced ALL the time. Jo-ANNA, Jo-hanna, Jill Hanna (very often, which surprises me). About 10% call me Joh....

I can always tell if someone is a friend of mine by the way they pronounce my name (over the phone....in person, I recognize my friends, usually).

Joe-hawn-ah??? Really? :o I always thought it was pronounced *Joe-hanna*. I know a girl named Johanna at school, and that's how she pronounces it, so I assumed your's would be the same way. From now on, I'll have to call you *Joe-hawn-ah*. ;) Does the pronounciation have to do with what part of the country you're from? Everyone here pronounces it as *Joe-hanna*.

[Cataholic]

PCB- you are a nut. You pronounce my name right. I am differentiating between Jo-han(like man)-ah, and Jo-hawn(like Dawn)-ah. The only people that routinely pronounce my name correctly are NON-American born people.

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by Cataholic
PCB- you are a nut. You pronounce my name right. I am differentiating between Jo-han(like man)-ah, and Jo-hawn(like Dawn)-ah. The only people that routinely pronounce my name correctly are NON-American born people.

Ah, now I get it. From your post, I thought I pronounce it incorrectly. I'm not a *non-American* born person though. :p That is funny. You'd think people born in other countries would be the ones to pronounce it incorrectly.

[wolf_Q]

Aim-ee (Amy)..... not too hard ;) I've never had a problem with people pronouncing my first name, my last name however, is a different situation!! :rolleyes:

[guster girl]

Originally posted by KBlaix
My name is Kari pronounced like..
Help me carry the groceries into the house.

Mine, too! :) NOT like car (automobile) - ee. ;) kari

[teenster3]

I guess you could say T-Na OR Tee-Na not too difficult!
Tina
My real name is Christina though:)

[Twisterdog]

My name is Shanna.

It's pronounced Shan-nuh. It rhymes with banana. It sounds just exactly like it's spelled. One would think it would be a no-brainer.

It is not Shawn-nuh. Or Sheen-nuh. Or Shane-nuh. Or Shan-nun. Or Shawn-nun.

:rolleyes:

I often wonder if they still teach phoenics in school.

I instantly hang up on people who ask for Shawna, Sheena, Shana, Shannon, Shawnon or Sharon on the phone. It's an instant tip-off to a cold sales call.

[anna_66]

Anna. Rhymes with banana (that's why it's been my nickname my entire life:rolleyes: :p).

[Cataholic]

Originally posted by popcornbird
That is funny. You'd think people born in other countries would be the ones to pronounce it incorrectly.

Not really, when you consider that my name is Dutch....not American.

[phiala]

My real name is Katharina, prounounced Kat-uh-ree-nuh.. but everyone call me Katie, Kay-tee

[lizzielou742]

My name is Elizabeth. Pronounced Ah-Liz-Ah-Beth, Uh-Liz-A-Beth or Eee-Liz-A-Beth. Any way you like it! I say it "Uh-Liz-A-Beth" most of the time. Or you can just call me Liz. ;)

My mom has kind of a cool name - her name is Zlata (she was born in Slovenia). Pronounced kinda like "Szlot-ta," two syllables. That always messes people up. We've heard:
Zah-lah-tah
Zel-ah-tah
Sall-ah-tah
Zelda (?? don't know where people get that one, but she gets called it often!!)
Lah-tah

But, it's understandable, so we don't mind. That's why she named me something easy, something I could make a nickname out of if I didn't like it. Mom goes by Z or Z.Z. a lot for a nickname.


:D

[Stenograsaurus]

Originally posted by Cataholic
Joe-hawn-ah. Johanna. Not simple. Really not simple. Mispronounced ALL the time. Jo-ANNA, Jo-hanna, Jill Hanna (very often, which surprises me). About 10% call me Joh....

I can always tell if someone is a friend of mine by the way they pronounce my name (over the phone....in person, I recognize my friends, usually).


I have to tell my husband that I was right. Every time I say your name he corrects me and says it's Jo-Anna. I'm glad you replied to this post. I love being right!!!!

[cali]

Joe-hawn-ah. Johanna. Not simple. Really not simple. Mispronounced ALL the time. Jo-ANNA, Jo-hanna, Jill Hanna (very often, which surprises me). About 10% call me Joh....

really? lol my moms name is spelled the same but pronounce Jo-anna :p

[cloverfdx]

Rhiannon = Ree-an- nan. Pretty simple. :)