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You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Phonetikkks: 1:20pm On Jul 03, 2015 |
Hello Family, I guess you having a good day and hope this finds you well. Below are correct pronunciations (queens pronunciations) of common names you bear, or give your kids. Many pronounce their own names wrongly and may not know this: Mabel -------- may bull (not "may bell" ) Mary -------- merry (not "may ree" ) Josephine -------- joze fin (not "jo seh fin" ) Micheal -------- mai cole (not "mai kell" ) Nicholas -------- nicklas (not "knee ko las" ) Marvelous -------- marv lous (not "ma veh lous" ) Jonathan -------- jaw na than (not "joe na tan) Reginald -------- reh gee nold (not "ray gee nad" ) Joel -------- jole (not "jo el" ) Joseph -------- joe zev (not "joe sef" ) Joan -------- jone (not "joe ann" ) Yvonne -------- e von (not "vo nnè" ) Vaughan -------- vorn (not "vo gan" ) Sarah -------- seh rah (not "say rah" ) Jessica -------- jeh sica (not ''jay sica'' ) Rebecca -------- reh beh ka (not "ray bay ca" ) Daniel -------- da newl (not "dan yell" ) Joshua -------- jaw shwa (not "joe shwa" ) Glory -------- glaw ree (not "glow ree" ) Kingsley -------- kings lee (not "kin slee" ) Babara -------- babra (not "ba barà" ) Deborah -------- Debra (not "deh bora " ) Marie -------- more reè (not "ma ree" ) Donald -------- dor nawld (not "do naad" ) Elizabeth -------- eli za beth or eliz beth (both correct) PS: If you trip to Native countries (English countries) and pronounce these names otherwise, they would find it difficult comprehending who or what you mean. Someone may even call your name just behind you, and you wouldn't recognise it's your name they called. Feel free to add yours. 3 Likes |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by eme1n(m): 1:29pm On Jul 03, 2015 |
Warri pronunciations.. |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by tpiander: 1:32pm On Jul 03, 2015 |
Nobody pronounces vaughan as vogan. 1 Like |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by vanhelsing2099(m): 1:38pm On Jul 03, 2015 |
Okay |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Phonetikkks: 1:47pm On Jul 03, 2015 |
tpiander: Lol, I've heard all kinds of pronunciations of that name, you go fear. |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by activelyA(f): 4:20pm On Jul 03, 2015 |
Very guilty of Deborah |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Xplicit1(f): 4:45pm On Jul 03, 2015 |
This is helpful. Thanks op. |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by 5minsmadness: 4:52pm On Jul 03, 2015 |
Cool thread 1 Like |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by crackhaus: 5:03pm On Jul 03, 2015 |
Interesting... However, I think Nigeria should have it's own dictionary with our own method of pronunciation... I mean, what gives 'The Queen' the right to decide how I pronounce my words 5 Likes |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Haywhymido(m): 5:55pm On Jul 03, 2015 |
how do I pronounce jonathan. In honour of d immediate past president of d federal republic |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Mariecakes(f): 6:58pm On Jul 03, 2015 |
Merry Cakes nice 2 Likes |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by pretydiva(f): 7:46pm On Jul 03, 2015 |
Nice 1 op. Na 2 begin phonetic b dis oo..hehehe..mk I run go meet my pako friends begin nack d English 4 deir ear 1 Like |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by eleojo23: 7:47pm On Jul 03, 2015 |
But some people will no longer recognize their names if we begin to pronounce them like this. They are already used to the Nigerian version. |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Phonetikkks: 8:22pm On Jul 03, 2015 |
crackhaus: Lol, well they are borrowed names in the first place, you can't decide your own pronunciations for foreign names, just as the Queen can't teach us how to pronounce "Maduekwe". Play by their rules lol |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Phonetikkks: 8:26pm On Jul 03, 2015 |
Haywhymido: Lol okay. Say after me "jaw na than" |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Phonetikkks: 10:23pm On Jul 03, 2015 |
pretydiva: Lol spread the good news... |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Phonetikkks: 5:55pm On Jul 10, 2015 |
eleojo23: Abi lol...but it will help you when you journey overseas. |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Phonetikkks: 7:16pm On Jul 10, 2015 |
Xplicit1: You welcome. |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Evina(f): 7:35pm On Jul 10, 2015 |
Phonetikkks: Yet every time I pronounce my name (Glaw ria) I get, "what? Laura?" |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Nobody: 7:58pm On Jul 10, 2015 |
I find this quite captivating 1 Like |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Phonetikkks: 10:14pm On Jul 10, 2015 |
Evina: They say that out of ignorance. Many Nigerians don't actually pronounce properly. |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by UnknownT: 12:07am On Jul 11, 2015 |
I can't find my name |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Phonetikkks: 12:12am On Jul 11, 2015 |
UnknownT: Cause it's unknown lol |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by EyeKandy(f): 3:36am On Jul 11, 2015 |
Funny thread. You didn't add Pamela, Leonard and Hillary. Pronouncing these names wrongly drives me crazy. |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by cococandy(f): 4:27am On Jul 11, 2015 |
It's funny. |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by armyofone(m): 6:58am On Jul 11, 2015 |
Greg Re not green go Re Wanna not Ju ah nah |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Godspearl(f): 11:53am On Jul 11, 2015 |
Thanks op . |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Nobody: 12:50pm On Jul 11, 2015 |
Joan.. joe ann Interesting |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Nobody: 12:54pm On Jul 11, 2015 |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Godskidmidas(m): 12:55pm On Jul 11, 2015 |
EyeKandy:How're those names pronounced? |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Godskidmidas(m): 1:01pm On Jul 11, 2015 |
Mary Michael Sarah Rebecca Daniel Jonathan. Those names are Hebrew names not English names. They've been even before the advent of English. So no English man should tell me how to pronounce a name that he doesn't know the origin of. As he take hungry me na hin I go pronounce am Hope say I never misyan sha |
Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Nobody: 1:16pm On Jul 11, 2015 |
Scrypt:lol |
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