Before I heard it being said I kept pronouncing the surname “Mangione” as “Man-jee-own” rather than “man-jo-nee” and I’m still ashamed about it lol I’m sorry
I’ll answer for the 99% of people in my life: Hiram
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Internal monologue:
Fuck. Jeremy? Germy? Jehrehmy? Jerremy?
Yo! J-dawg how’s it hanging man?
Two common names in Scotland are Aileen and Eileen but damned if I don’t say the wrong one every time.
I always pronounced Tolkens name as Token, apparently nobody else made that mistake.
Gonna use this thread as inspiration to piss off people, thank you for your contributions.
Also Gyro is pronounced j-eye-roe.
I thought it was yee-row.
Lancaster (as in Pennsylvania).
Pronounced it as “LAN Caster” like some sort of cyberpunk mage.
Hasan - I feel like different people have different pronunciations of it and I can’t keep track of which is for who.
Ghislaine, but I do it on purpose.
I’m still trying to get some Irish names right in my head, specifically Rhiannon and especially Siobhan.
The Irish name that gets me is Cian, especially cause I used to know someone named Cyan (like the colour).
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I did so too but that’s because I knew an actual Ghislaine who pronounced her own name like “djizlaine”
Just mentioned this in another thread - Kraken. I say it phonetically - "krayken - but for some reason the world says “cracken”.
I’m not convinced there is a correct pronunciation for “Kirsten.”
Are you combining it in your head with Kristen or Kierstin?
Any Chinese name beginning with X. Took me awhile to figure out Nuyen as well.
Isn’t X just like a muted “sh”?
Nguyen
'N when did you find out?
Pronounced Siobhan as SheOhBahn for years.
Sorry SheVohn!
I used to have a work friend named Siobhan and when I’d come home I’d mention her to my partner. Sometimes I would text him about her. He fully thought these were two different people for like a year.
For me it’s, Saoirse
I have to look it up every time I see it.
Yeah, and apparently it’s the Irish equivalent of fucking “Joan” or similar. JFC.
Same here. One of my favorite bit-part actors is Siobhan Fallon, who played the wife of “Egger” in Men in Black. She absolutely stole the few scenes she was in. I didn’t know I was mispronouncing her name for years.
came here to say literally THIS name haha, crazy
omg I know the feeling. had someone in college named this and I pronounced it the same way until she corrected me and I was so sorry 😭 an apology to Siobhans everywhere!
Apparently, any Indian names until I can see how they are spelled.
Chongqing like “Chongqing Chicken”. not pronounced “chonking”.
“Añejo”, not pronounced “ah-neh-joe”
“Hors d’oeuvre”. funnily not pronounced “horse divorce”.
How’s Chongqing pronounced?
Wikipedia says it is like Chóngqìng. “Chong” with long o sound, then
tsin.
"Hors d’oeuvre”. funnily not pronounced “horse divorce”.
That’s a new one and I love it I like calling them “hours devours” which also adds in a mon-existing consonant.
yeah, french (and borrowed words) is usually my hard-mode when it comes to pronunciations. this one is special because it’s dessert (or so I think).
As used around here in the US it is fancy finger foods, usually appetizers. But we also tend to use the words differently than the source, like we use entree for the main part of the meal.
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