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what's in a name?
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written by Gods Child
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If you told me your baby's name but the way you spell it is an accepted pronunciation for a different name and I tell you--would you feel bad?
i.e. you name the baby "Sana'a" but expect me to say "Sanai" and I tell you that is "Sana'a", would you be mad?
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parents that give their ugly children special sounding names are for the lack of the better term stupid. I'd be mad if somebody was parking on my kid's domain name.
Thu, 31st May 2007 at 11:29 am
by owen
i really hate people that intentionally pronounce their own name wrong. example: Avril Lavigne. It's french you stupid woman, the least you could do is pronounce it as such, not like some dimwitted american.
as you were.
Thu, 31st May 2007 at 1:41 pm
by Hayo
I'm thinking maybe the mother named the baby 'cause when I asked him what it meant, he didn't have anything much to say.
Thu, 31st May 2007 at 2:48 pm
by Gods Child
I wouldn't be mad, just annoyed. The beauty about a name is that it can be spelt/pronounced any way one likes.
I'd feel like, "who the heck are you to be telling me how to pronounce the name I chose?"
A lot's in a name...it's now the latest way to discriminate against people (although companies would never admit it). You ever heard of a white Shanequa or Kwame? LOL.
Thu, 31st May 2007 at 3:24 pm
by Simplenigma
I forget most people's names. especially the common ones and the ones that are easily mispronunced or I shorted them to 1 letter.
Thu, 31st May 2007 at 4:49 pm
by owen
So, how is Sana'a pronounced? Sana-ah? Sana-aye?
Thu, 31st May 2007 at 7:02 pm
by mad bull
still don't know.
but I asked a coworker and she seemed to pronounce it "Sanaye"
Fri, 01st Jun 2007 at 2:34 pm
by Gods Child
To each his own yah man. However names with a meaning attached are more fun, there's always a story and a great convo piece. I'm bored.
Thu, 31st May 2007 at 10:35 pm
by Tami