Name pronounciations... do you correct for minor things?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have had people tell me I pronounce my own name incorrectly. It's Kerry. I pronounce it the same as carry, Carrie, Kari and all other spellings. My family is Irish, many generations back, but that is why my parents picked that spelling. Some chick at bar lost it and started screaming at me because I couldn't hear any difference in the way she pronounced Kerry v Carrie.

My name is Kerri and I pronounce it like merry, very, berry. To me, there's a difference in the pronunciation of Carrie vs. Kerri. Marry vs. merry. Barry vs. berry. My own husband tells me I'm nuts

For the life of me I cannot hear the difference between Mary and merry. Sure, with context it’s easy, but I could never tell the difference between Kerry and Carrie. I pronounce them the same way too.

[Anonymous]

If you care, correct them or they will never get it right which will grate on you more.

-said the girl with a simple name people love to get wrong to the point where I accept being called other names and don't ever bother correcting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have had people tell me I pronounce my own name incorrectly. It's Kerry. I pronounce it the same as carry, Carrie, Kari and all other spellings. My family is Irish, many generations back, but that is why my parents picked that spelling. Some chick at bar lost it and started screaming at me because I couldn't hear any difference in the way she pronounced Kerry v Carrie.

My name is Kerri and I pronounce it like merry, very, berry. To me, there's a difference in the pronunciation of Carrie vs. Kerri. Marry vs. merry. Barry vs. berry. My own husband tells me I'm nuts

For the life of me I cannot hear the difference between Mary and merry. Sure, with context it’s easy, but I could never tell the difference between Kerry and Carrie. I pronounce them the same way too.

Sure can tell the difference. Kerry has short e while Carrie with short a.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jackie Kennedy pronounced her daughter's name Carolyn.

No she didn't. She said "Caroline" with the long I. See this video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT2eOIGhCjY

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have had people tell me I pronounce my own name incorrectly. It's Kerry. I pronounce it the same as carry, Carrie, Kari and all other spellings. My family is Irish, many generations back, but that is why my parents picked that spelling. Some chick at bar lost it and started screaming at me because I couldn't hear any difference in the way she pronounced Kerry v Carrie.

My name is Kerri and I pronounce it like merry, very, berry. To me, there's a difference in the pronunciation of Carrie vs. Kerri. Marry vs. merry. Barry vs. berry. My own husband tells me I'm nuts

Ahh. I've tried so hard, but I can't pronounce merry vs marry differently. I have trouble with Jenny and Ginny too. I just can't! I don't even hear a difference when other people explain it to me and I'm a native english speaker.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an Alyssa who is used to being called Melissa, Alisa, Alice...whatever. It's a name that's often misheard in introductions and mispronounced when read aloud. My rule for correcting is if it's a brief interaction with someone I'm unlikely to encounter again - like a nurse calling my name at a doctor's office or a barista writing it down on a coffee cup - why bother? If it's in a professional setting, meeting parents of my children's friends or classmates, neighbors, I absolutely simply restate it. FFW I have relatives who still pronounce it Aleesa so some people just aren't attuned to these sort of things and that's fine.

+1 for my impossible to pronounce last name. I try to make it easy for them: "Oh, it's actually [correct pronunciation], I know it's a tough one."

Same rules for my name (often misheard, as PP above) and my sons' names (both have slight variations on more common names). But minus the disclaimer about the name being weird, since these names aren't weird, people just don't always pay attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have had people tell me I pronounce my own name incorrectly. It's Kerry. I pronounce it the same as carry, Carrie, Kari and all other spellings. My family is Irish, many generations back, but that is why my parents picked that spelling. Some chick at bar lost it and started screaming at me because I couldn't hear any difference in the way she pronounced Kerry v Carrie.

My name is Kerri and I pronounce it like merry, very, berry. To me, there's a difference in the pronunciation of Carrie vs. Kerri. Marry vs. merry. Barry vs. berry. My own husband tells me I'm nuts

Ahh. I've tried so hard, but I can't pronounce merry vs marry differently. I have trouble with Jenny and Ginny too. I just can't! I don't even hear a difference when other people explain it to me and I'm a native english speaker.

Kerri here again. Well to be fair, I think most people pronounce the two interchangeably.

Think of the "e" in Kerri pronounced as the e in "edge." Think of the "a" in Carrie as in "at" or "air" (depending on your accent).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jackie Kennedy pronounced her daughter's name Carolyn.

No. She pronounced it Car-o-line. As does the woman herself. She was the namesake for Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” - also pronounced with a long I. Maybe you are thinking of JFK Jr’s wife whose name actually was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have had people tell me I pronounce my own name incorrectly. It's Kerry. I pronounce it the same as carry, Carrie, Kari and all other spellings. My family is Irish, many generations back, but that is why my parents picked that spelling. Some chick at bar lost it and started screaming at me because I couldn't hear any difference in the way she pronounced Kerry v Carrie.

My name is Kerri and I pronounce it like merry, very, berry. To me, there's a difference in the pronunciation of Carrie vs. Kerri. Marry vs. merry. Barry vs. berry. My own husband tells me I'm nuts

For the life of me I cannot hear the difference between Mary and merry. Sure, with context it’s easy, but I could never tell the difference between Kerry and Carrie. I pronounce them the same way too.

I have this same issue with my inlaws from Long Island. I am from Virginia ans I say “ferry” the exact same way I say “fairy.” Once I asked my MIL a question about the ferry, she had NO IDEA what I was talking about until I say, “you know, the boat that goes to Connecticut?” A long discussion ensued. She thinks I say “merry” wrong. I hear no difference between merry/Mary.

[Anonymous]

A HS friend of mine named her daughter Lana. As we don’t see each other in person, I have no clue how this kid’s name is pronounced. Lay-na? Law-na? Or Lan-na?

[Anonymous]

My name has several variants. If someone uses the wrong variant and I’m never going to see them again, I go with it. If they are a repeat contact I will arrange a situation where they will see or hear my name again so I don’t have to correct them. I don’t like to embarrass people.

[Anonymous]

I can't give my name because it's so unique. I used to get annoyed but now it doesn't bother me. Many people think my name is Jessica or Guernica. Right now my new boss has been calling me Jessicho. Eventually I have to tell her. I think what op is asking is different. Big difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter’s name is Caroline. Pronounced the usual way. You would NOT believe how many people say it wrong, usually Carolyn. REALLY??!? (And I’m not talking about ESL. Our Housecleaner calls her Car-o-lee-nah in a beautiful accent and I love it.)

But yes OP, I correct people who say Carolyn.

I know five women named Caroline. They all pronounce it Carolyn. I'm so used to saying it that way now.

[Anonymous]

It's pronounced Honest-ta-see-ya.

[Anonymous]

My name is Christina. It's not Christine. My name has three syllables, and yes, if I meet you more than once I will correct you and you will say all three syllables, even if it taxes you.



And don't even think about calling me Chris, Christie, Chrissie, Kristen, or any other derivation just because it's "too hard" for you to get this common name straight.