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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The name isn’t “that bad”, but you’re definitely missing something here.  While Stephen is an ordinary name, it is ordinarily pronounced as Steven.  You can correct everyone’s pronunciation, but that gets old after a while, and some people will forget and still mispronounce it, and others will “correct the spelling” which will cause problems when paperwork and records get misdirected or misfiled.  Moreover, if you get frustrated and make a big deal about correcting their pronunciation, they’re liable to think YOU are being melodramatic and juvenile about your idiosyncratic pronunciation of an ordinary name.

Eventually, your son will be in charge of his own introductions and he’ll have to decide if he wants to continue the hassle of having a conversation with everyone he meets or does business with about how to correctly pronounce his name in an unconventional manner that defies phonics or whether he’ll just simplify his life and accept the Steven pronunciation.[/quote]

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He'll be Steve.[/quote]

Steve.  I work with a ton of Steves.[/quote]

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