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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Named my only daughter this, so naturally I love it.  Prefer Millie as a nickname, and hope she doesn't pick up Cami as [url]one.

I'm in Cali, where Camila is a top name, possibly due to a lot of spanish speakers.  But for us, Camille made more sense.  We don't pronounce it the french way, as we are not french speakers.[/quote]

Kind of weird to pick a French name but then pronounce it wrong.[/quote]

Do you pronounce Irish place names with an Irish accent, or pronounce Michael as "Me-haul" in the Gaelic way?

Is it "kind of weird" if you don't?[/quote]

[b]There is a difference between names that have been assimilated with a pronunciation that is widely known and accepted in your culture[/b] and going out of your way to find a foreign name but making up your own pronunciation of it. Obviously people do what they want. Just expect that native speakers of that language will correct you.[/quote]

Camille has been assimilated into English-speaking North American culture with a pronunciation that is widely known and accepted. It's currently more popular than Jane, Nicole, Catherine, Kate, and Laura, according to the SSA.

For some reason, you just don't like the truth of that. I'm not sure it changes reality, though.[/quote]

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