My grandfather pronounced our last name different from either of his children or any of their children, but he was definitely saying it wrong! Or at least, he was making a letter silent for no apparent reason.
I seen you without your clothes on before. Never thought I'd see you naked.
Mal ,'Trash'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jun 04, 2012 2:05:01 pm PDT #8285 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sue - Jun 04, 2012 2:09:14 pm PDT #8286 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I had a friend in drama school named Attila. But he didn't pronounce like we do, to kinda rhyme with flotilla, but "Ah-tee-la." And he wanted everyone to pronounce it that way. Which I did (when I didn't forget and call him Alex), but I always felt douchy doing it.
Consuela - Jun 04, 2012 2:09:23 pm PDT #8287 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Because apparently it's supposed to be more like: "Moh-(ch)Knee
Or MAH-he-nee, I think.
So far as I know, my family name has always been pronounced the way we do now. But it's an unsettling possibility!
Consuela - Jun 04, 2012 2:10:36 pm PDT #8288 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
But he didn't pronounce like we do, to kinda rhyme with flotilla, but "Ah-tee-la."
One of the friends at my brother's wedding was an Attila. He pronounced it AT-illa.
Still, better Atilla than Adolph.
NoiseDesign - Jun 04, 2012 2:24:01 pm PDT #8289 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
I don't pronounce my last name the correct way. It should be "dee-EL" but it's already unusual enough that people can't get it right, I can't imagine what would happen if I tried to get them to pronounce correctly.
Even a lot of folks back in Ireland don't bother pronouncing it correctly.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 04, 2012 2:27:55 pm PDT #8290 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
(small pass given to the Quebecois accent, for vaguely nostalgic feels)
With you there. I answer to my name pronounced like the New York baseball team when it's a hot French-Canadian hockey player doing the mispronouncing. Others need to use the same vowels I do.
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2012 2:28:45 pm PDT #8291 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Correcting people repeatedly... I guess it can get old, but I'm not likely going to stop it, at least in the occasions where I get the slimmest segue. Which includes the first time you say it to my face.
Wow, this is so not funny or a good idea in the same state that took days to consider the Trayvon Martin case worth prosecuting: [link] Dude dresses up like a zombie and chases people in a parking lot.
I wish there was a way I could remotely knuckle-smack right now.
Sue - Jun 04, 2012 2:31:01 pm PDT #8292 of 30001
hip deep in pie
My name is mispronounced so regularly I am surprised when someone gets it right.
t /graduated from both HS & uni as an atmospheric layer.
Atropa - Jun 04, 2012 2:31:33 pm PDT #8293 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh Tumblr. Someone just left a comment on a post of mine calling me out for using passive voice. I find this strangely adorable.
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2012 2:41:06 pm PDT #8294 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I completely fail to see what was wrong with your post, but I'm going to hazard it is just another thing we didn't get taught at my school.