What’s with the “y” instead of “o” in names?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s more phonetic; we don’t say the O in Jackson/Allison/Emerson but it sounds more like a short I sound like in pin or kin.

So Alysyn, Jacksyn it comes to be but is also thought to be kreeightyve and youneek.

What?

My sister's name is Allison and my son's name is Jackson. We do not pronounce either name with a short i ("in/yn") sound at the end.

We pronounce Allison more like "Alla-sun" and Jackson is pronounced exactly as it appears-- "Jack-son."

We travel a lot, and the only place I've ever heard Allison or Jackson pronounced with short-i sound ("in/yn") has been in Texas and Georgia. No one else anywhere in the US, UK, Canada, Spain, Germany, or New Zealand (places we travel often) has ever pronounced these names with an "in/yn" sound. Not once in the DC area have I heard these names pronounced with a short-i sound.

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Oh interesting. I’m from Virginia (not nova) and everyone would pronounce Jackson like Jacksin and Allison like Allisin.

Agree that this must be a regional thing. I’m from the DC area and all of these names sound like -son to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s more phonetic; we don’t say the O in Jackson/Allison/Emerson but it sounds more like a short I sound like in pin or kin.

So Alysyn, Jacksyn it comes to be but is also thought to be kreeightyve and youneek.

What?

My sister's name is Allison and my son's name is Jackson. We do not pronounce either name with a short i ("in/yn") sound at the end.

We pronounce Allison more like "Alla-sun" and Jackson is pronounced exactly as it appears-- "Jack-son."

We travel a lot, and the only place I've ever heard Allison or Jackson pronounced with short-i sound ("in/yn") has been in Texas and Georgia. No one else anywhere in the US, UK, Canada, Spain, Germany, or New Zealand (places we travel often) has ever pronounced these names with an "in/yn" sound. Not once in the DC area have I heard these names pronounced with a short-i sound.

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Oh interesting. I’m from Virginia (not nova) and everyone would pronounce Jackson like Jacksin and Allison like Allisin.

Agree that this must be a regional thing. I’m from the DC area and all of these names sound like -son to me.

PP/phonetic and in British singer songwriter Elvis Costello sings his song, “Allison” you can clearly hear, AL luh sun but I know I say it Alice-sin and I’m 3rd generation Washingtonian without a regional accent.

Obscure but one of the Funkometry dancing duo members is named Jacksun. He’s Canadian.

Still contend there a phonetic reason for these spellings like I’ve seen with an Australian Tyla (not Tyler).

[Anonymous]

It’s working class.

[Anonymous]

It's trailer park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ex:
Madisyn
Masyn
Jacksyn

Please stop!

It's for trashy hillbillies - leave them be!

[Anonymous]

I think Kathryn actually looks better than Katherine or Catherine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s more phonetic; we don’t say the O in Jackson/Allison/Emerson but it sounds more like a short I sound like in pin or kin.

So Alysyn, Jacksyn it comes to be but is also thought to be kreeightyve and youneek.

What?

My sister's name is Allison and my son's name is Jackson. We do not pronounce either name with a short i ("in/yn") sound at the end.

We pronounce Allison more like "Alla-sun" and Jackson is pronounced exactly as it appears-- "Jack-son."

We travel a lot, and the only place I've ever heard Allison or Jackson pronounced with short-i sound ("in/yn") has been in Texas and Georgia. No one else anywhere in the US, UK, Canada, Spain, Germany, or New Zealand (places we travel often) has ever pronounced these names with an "in/yn" sound. Not once in the DC area have I heard these names pronounced with a short-i sound.

You obviously don’t pay attention. You probably also don’t hear people saying Laura as Lau-ra vs Lore-a.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s more phonetic; we don’t say the O in Jackson/Allison/Emerson but it sounds more like a short I sound like in pin or kin.

So Alysyn, Jacksyn it comes to be but is also thought to be kreeightyve and youneek.

What?

My sister's name is Allison and my son's name is Jackson. We do not pronounce either name with a short i ("in/yn") sound at the end.

We pronounce Allison more like "Alla-sun" and Jackson is pronounced exactly as it appears-- "Jack-son."

We travel a lot, and the only place I've ever heard Allison or Jackson pronounced with short-i sound ("in/yn") has been in Texas and Georgia. No one else anywhere in the US, UK, Canada, Spain, Germany, or New Zealand (places we travel often) has ever pronounced these names with an "in/yn" sound. Not once in the DC area have I heard these names pronounced with a short-i sound.

by


Oh interesting. I’m from Virginia (not nova) and everyone would pronounce Jackson like Jacksin and Allison like Allisin.

Agree that this must be a regional thing. I’m from the DC area and all of these names sound like -son to me.

PP/phonetic and in British singer songwriter Elvis Costello sings his song, “Allison” you can clearly hear, AL luh sun but I know I say it Alice-sin and I’m 3rd generation Washingtonian without a regional accent.

Obscure but one of the Funkometry dancing duo members is named Jacksun. He’s Canadian.

Still contend there a phonetic reason for these spellings like I’ve seen with an Australian Tyla (not Tyler).

In New Jersey Sheila is pronounced Sheiler in some parts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s working class.

Is that supposed to be an insult???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s working class.

Is that supposed to be an insult???

Why three question marks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s working class.

Is that supposed to be an insult???

Why three question marks?

Why not, Allyson???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think Kathryn actually looks better than Katherine or Catherine.

How do you pronounce the “th” in those names? Like the th in ‘the,’ or t as in ‘ant.’

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s more phonetic; we don’t say the O in Jackson/Allison/Emerson but it sounds more like a short I sound like in pin or kin.

So Alysyn, Jacksyn it comes to be but is also thought to be kreeightyve and youneek.

What?

My sister's name is Allison and my son's name is Jackson. We do not pronounce either name with a short i ("in/yn") sound at the end.

We pronounce Allison more like "Alla-sun" and Jackson is pronounced exactly as it appears-- "Jack-son."

We travel a lot, and the only place I've ever heard Allison or Jackson pronounced with short-i sound ("in/yn") has been in Texas and Georgia. No one else anywhere in the US, UK, Canada, Spain, Germany, or New Zealand (places we travel often) has ever pronounced these names with an "in/yn" sound. Not once in the DC area have I heard these names pronounced with a short-i sound.

You obviously don’t pay attention. You probably also don’t hear people saying Laura as Lau-ra vs Lore-a.

I pay pretty close attention seeing that both Allison and Jackson live in my home and I am responsible for their care (Allison is an adult with a developmental disability, so she lives with me). I interact with a rather large number of people who use Allison and Jackson's names, and everyone in this area pronounces them correctly, with a "sun/son" sound.

Phonetically, it does not make sense to pronounce the names with a short-i sound, just as it does not make sense to pronounce "can" and "kin," nor "pen" and "pin" identically. They have different vowels.

If you want your child's name pronounced with a short-i sound, use the spelling Jacksyn or Jacksin. Jackson and Jacksyn aren't pronounced the same way.

[Anonymous]

This is actually very rare, OP. Unless you live in trash-land?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where do you live OP? I’m in DC and am not seeing this here

In upper MoCo

I mean, there you go. This is a poor people trend, OP.