Anonymous
Post 06/15/2025 21:52     Subject: Daughter’s name is Anne-people pronounce it Annie
In certain countries, it is actually pronounced Annie.

And in English, Annie is a very common nickname.

Plenty of people default to common nicknames. It has nothing to do with being unable to read.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2025 21:46     Subject: Daughter’s name is Anne-people pronounce it Annie
My middle name is Anne. No one has ever said it wrong. I am glad my mom gave me the classy French spelling and I bet your daughter will be happy too despite having to deal with dummies. Where do you live?
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2025 21:21     Subject: Daughter’s name is Anne-people pronounce it Annie
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD's name is Sophie and everyone calls her Sophia.

Get over it, OP. It happens.


I'm terrible with names. I know a Sophie who I called Chloe for a year. I also called someone named Ashley, Lindsey for a year.


Our neighbor of 20 years calls me Cathy. My name is Sarah.


My name is Sarah and over the phone people think my name is Farah.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2025 21:17     Subject: Daughter’s name is Anne-people pronounce it Annie
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are you sure they're pronouncing the "e" and not just imposing a nickname on her?


That's what I think -- giving her a nickname.


I’m Rebekah and have never, ever been nicknamed but some people assume that I must go by a shorter form and call me Becky. I always correct them in emails and or in person. You should do the same for Anne, OP.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2025 21:15     Subject: Daughter’s name is Anne-people pronounce it Annie
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD's name is Sophie and everyone calls her Sophia.

Get over it, OP. It happens.


I'm terrible with names. I know a Sophie who I called Chloe for a year. I also called someone named Ashley, Lindsey for a year.


That's not ok.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2025 21:15     Subject: Daughter’s name is Anne-people pronounce it Annie
The E in Anne is not silent, it’s more of a soft E. If you want no E you have to spell it Ann. They are not the same.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2025 21:13     Subject: Daughter’s name is Anne-people pronounce it Annie
Anonymous wrote:I notice many people who don't have English as their first language pronounce Joan as Jo-an no matter what. Even when I correct them. They cannot NOT split it into 2 syllables. This is very noticable over the last 20 years.
Back in the day, Joan was pronounced "Jone" and the Jo-an was spelled Joann or Joanne or JoAnne or JoAnn.


I used to know a Jo-An, pronounced like Joann!
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2025 21:12     Subject: Daughter’s name is Anne-people pronounce it Annie
Another Anne who gets called Annie or Anna by a surprising number of strangers (ie receptionist at the doctor’s office)
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2025 20:37     Subject: Daughter’s name is Anne-people pronounce it Annie
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD's name is Sophie and everyone calls her Sophia.

Get over it, OP. It happens.


I'm terrible with names. I know a Sophie who I called Chloe for a year. I also called someone named Ashley, Lindsey for a year.


Our neighbor of 20 years calls me Cathy. My name is Sarah.


Heh, I do that often. Give people new names or better names.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2025 19:26     Subject: Daughter’s name is Anne-people pronounce it Annie
Anonymous wrote:Are you sure they're pronouncing the "e" and not just imposing a nickname on her?


That's what I think -- giving her a nickname.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2025 18:52     Subject: Daughter’s name is Anne-people pronounce it Annie
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD's name is Sophie and everyone calls her Sophia.

Get over it, OP. It happens.


I'm terrible with names. I know a Sophie who I called Chloe for a year. I also called someone named Ashley, Lindsey for a year.


Our neighbor of 20 years calls me Cathy. My name is Sarah.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2025 18:41     Subject: Daughter’s name is Anne-people pronounce it Annie
Anonymous wrote:Most people do know that. But some people (perhaps 51 percent?) are idiots.

Lol. So true, PP.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2025 18:38     Subject: Re:Daughter’s name is Anne-people pronounce it Annie
My name is Anne. A handful of people who are very close to me call me Annie, so it drives me crazy when strangers do it. I truly don't know how they don't know that Annie is it's own name and Ann and Anne are pronounced the same.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2025 18:24     Subject: Daughter’s name is Anne-people pronounce it Annie
Anonymous wrote:Why don’t people know that the name Anne is the same as Ann just with an e at the end? It’s not Annie

Tomato tamato
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2025 16:41     Subject: Daughter’s name is Anne-people pronounce it Annie
The only people who would pronounce it that way would be people that don't know her and are looking at the name in print. So just tell them. Simple.