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Post by Delta Dawn on Sept 12, 2018 23:23:54 GMT
Come on peas! It's Dawn like in Don which happens to rhyme with on!
Everyone has sung this song to me my entire life. I can’t be the only Pea with this so hard to spell name.
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Post by Anita on Sept 12, 2018 23:26:12 GMT
Give your daughter time. She might get there. My youngest is named Shona, with a long "o" sound. No one ever gets it right (it's always Shawna), and it always bothered her. She started speaking up in a polite way about it around the age of 10 or 11. Fortunately, she loves her name!
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Post by huskergal on Sept 12, 2018 23:28:42 GMT
I would gently correct the teacher or have your daughter do it. I am a teacher, and I hate when I mispronounce names. If I have a name I am not sure about, I always have the student pronounce if for me so I get it correct. My son gets his name mispronounced all the time. When I go to PT Conferences, I introduce myself as "son's name mom." He doesn't care.
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Post by bianca42 on Sept 12, 2018 23:29:16 GMT
My great-grandma mispronounced my name until the day she died. When someone else says it the same way, it makes me smile and think of her.
I then married a guy with a really hard to say last name. I never correct people if they mispronounce my name, unless they specifically ask how to say it. It backfired on me when my oldest was in daycare because in morning circle they were learning names and addresses...and he learned to say our last name wrong. After that, I made sure daycare teachers could say it correctly.
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Post by MaryMary on Sept 12, 2018 23:32:34 GMT
Do you ignore it? Let her know? My 7 year old won’t correct her, but I’m sure it bothers her. Do I send a light, fluffy email mentioning it, or just accept that people are going to constantly pronounce it wrong and leave it up to my daughter to correct them or not? Both times I’ve met her I’ve said “I’m Cecily’s mom” (sess-ih-lee) and she responds “Sicily is ____!” (enthusiastic praise, she is very lovely... I don’t want to offend her in any way, but if I was a teacher I would want to know if I wasn’t pronouncing a name correctly.). Also... I am aware that both pronunciations are correct, but we use cess instead of ciss. Also also... sorry if this is stupid or helicoptery. My name is Mary. My name has never been mispronounced ever in the history of forever. Just not sure how to handle it. Interesting, I would call her SESS-ily and I've heard SEES-ily but never SIS-ily. [ I guess the Irish pronounciation is Ciss-ily? At least, that’s what someone told us who also has a Cecily but pronounces it Ciss-ily.
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Post by pilcas on Sept 12, 2018 23:33:57 GMT
My husband thinks I’m nuts because I keep saying Don and Dawn. I think if you are speaking fast they can end up sounding the same. I think the same can happen with Cecily.
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Post by Linda on Sept 12, 2018 23:34:13 GMT
This reminds me of a story of when my grandson was in preschool. His teacher was Hispanic and pronounced his name, Ethan as Efan. He came home school one day and swore to his mom she was pronouncing his name wrong because Mrs. So&So said his name was Efan. Poor little guy was so confused. that happened to my son also -and he was so upset because the spanish pronunciation of his name sounds like the (english) feminine version of his name
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Post by bianca42 on Sept 12, 2018 23:38:25 GMT
I have two cousins named Kaisa who went to the same small high school, but a couple years apart.
The oldest pronounces it Kay-za and taught all of the teachers to say it that way. A couple years later, the younger one comes along and she pronounces it Kay-sa...and was quite irritated that she had to correct everyone.
I'm much closer to the older one and as a result, I have a hard time remembering to pronounce the younger one's name right.
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Post by Clair on Sept 12, 2018 23:49:02 GMT
My husband thinks I’m nuts because I keep saying Don and Dawn. I think if you are speaking fast they can end up sounding the same. I think the same can happen with Cecily. I live in Southern California and Don and Dawn are pronounced the same. My New Jersey relatives would say otherwise. 😁
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Post by MaryMary on Sept 12, 2018 23:54:23 GMT
LOL, I’m really bad at this. Do ah and aw sound different to you? That’s the difference. If not, then I’ve got nothin’ for ya. 😂 Not really, to be honest. I don’t think I could distinguish between the two when spoken.
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Post by Tamhugh on Sept 12, 2018 23:54:40 GMT
Do you ignore it? Let her know? My 7 year old won’t correct her, but I’m sure it bothers her. Do I send a light, fluffy email mentioning it, or just accept that people are going to constantly pronounce it wrong and leave it up to my daughter to correct them or not? Both times I’ve met her I’ve said “I’m Cecily’s mom” (sess-ih-lee) and she responds “Sicily is ____!” (enthusiastic praise, she is very lovely... I don’t want to offend her in any way, but if I was a teacher I would want to know if I wasn’t pronouncing a name correctly.). Also... I am aware that both pronunciations are correct, but we use cess instead of ciss. Also also... sorry if this is stupid or helicoptery. My name is Mary. My name has never been mispronounced ever in the history of forever. Just not sure how to handle it. Perhaps she can't pronounce it correctly? We have a young lady in our office that has a name giving some people trouble. She pronounces it one way and a couple of people pronounce it another but they can't really hear the difference. It is very much a Cessily/Cicily type of thing they just can't get the pronunciation to match what they hear even after being told point blank they say it wrong. My younger DS has some hearing loss. He could not tell the difference between the short vowel sounds, which was our first clue to his hearing issues. Maybe the teacher is in the same boat.
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Post by moodyblue on Sept 13, 2018 0:07:32 GMT
I would be so upset with myself if I pronounced a kid's name incorrectly repeatedly. At 7, yes you encourage them to talk to their teacher, but maybe she just needs you to be next to her when she does it. Kind of guided practice for the next time. One year I spelled a kid's name wrong until Parent Teacher conferences. The parent told me and I gave the kiddo crusty eye. She just said it didn't matter and I told her it did matter and it is part of who she is and to always stand up for herself even with little things. Just a few weeks ago I was screening all the first graders on letter identification and another task. I sat at a table in the hall and had each kid send out the next one as I worked through the whole class. I asked more than one kid how to say their name correctly. Kid comes out and I ask to be sure - name is Joselyn; she pronounced the first syllable as Joe. OK, I'm good with that. When talking to her teacher a couple days later she corrected me and said the first part as 'Joss' - which would be the same as HER own daughter's name. I told her kid had said 'Joe -selyn' and she said kid wasn't correcting her when she said it. So I checked with Kindergarten teacher who had her and she said it like I did. We asked the girl again and she said Joe at first and then someone else standing there specifically asked 'Joe' or 'Jah' for the first part - and she said either was OK. When I asked her what her mommy calls her she said she 'didn't know' which was crazy. We finally asked her little sister, who is in Kindergarten this year what her sister's name is - and she pronounced it with the long o like her sister had told me. Not always so easy to get a clear answer.
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Post by malibou on Sept 13, 2018 0:15:39 GMT
Where is that video of the substitute teacher pronouncing all the names wrong. Lol
When I say Dawn, my mouth makes an O shape. When I say Don, my mouth is wide.
My husband's parents are British, he and my ds cannot hear that they have an accent. They think his parents sound like everyone else. When we watch movies with British accents, these two are the first to shush people so they can focus and understand the accent. Lol. That said, I can't hear my mother's speech impediment that makes her sound like she was born and raised in Boston.
Mary, how can it be that that baby girl is 7. Impossible!
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Post by gillyp on Sept 13, 2018 0:21:20 GMT
Dawn = D-oar-n Don = D-on Merry = m-eh-ree Marry = m-ah-ree Mary = M-air-ree Scicly = Sis-ill-ee Cicely = Sis-eh-lee Cecily = Cess-ill-ee
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Post by Minty118 on Sept 13, 2018 0:21:35 GMT
I have had my common, but weirdly spelled, name mispronounced by so many teachers, it's not even funny. Even when I have corrected spelling and/or pronunciation, most teachers would continue to do it the way they wanted. My high school English teacher even asked if I was sure I wasn't pulling his leg.
My daughter's name is Alexandra and she prefers her full name. Quite a few teachers have insisted on calling her Alex, despite many corrections.
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Post by anaterra on Sept 13, 2018 0:25:36 GMT
All I know is I heard Laurel.... lol
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Post by bothmykidsrbrats on Sept 13, 2018 0:28:11 GMT
When I taught preschool I had an Andrea. I was not the teacher her mom introduced her to the first day, and I read her name tag as An drea. She pronounced it On drea and immediately corrected me followed by "Well this is going to be a long year." Sweet baby Jesus was she right! My mom's name is Jan and she has 3 people in her life, that she has known for over 20 years, that all call her Jane, and insist they are saying Jan. Two are from the south and one is from Peru. Delta Dawn my niece's middle name is Dawn and she tried using it at Starbucks instead of her unusual first name. 75% of the time her cup said Don or the occasional Dot. She would post her cups on IG with captions like Starbucks can't decide if I'm an old man or old lady (she's 22). They even snuck in a Done once, which she kept .
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Post by pmm on Sept 13, 2018 0:28:50 GMT
I'm no help at all. My daughter corrected the principal of her school at an assembly in front of all the students and parents that came for the event when she was in kindergarten.
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Post by trollie on Sept 13, 2018 0:31:40 GMT
eh. I'd leave it alone. I know she's young, but your DD needs to learn to speak for herself, or not.... I would use your daughter's name when talking about her to the teacher. Maybe she'll get it, maybe she won't.
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Post by hop2 on Sept 13, 2018 0:35:25 GMT
I have never heard Cecily pronounced Sicily.
My DS has a name that is similar to a few other names. He just didn’t answer if the teacher called him the other name. There was a kid with the other name in his class though. Like if mine were Tom and she called him Tim he just didn’t respond figuring she might actually mean Tim. My DD would have died before saying anything when she was little.
My 2 can be subtle smart alecks I’m guessing they would wear ‘Sicily’ T-shirt’s to class but not say anything.
I think your fine to mention it once but if she can’t say it the right way I guess move on. Some people can not pronounce some words.
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Post by meriannj on Sept 13, 2018 0:39:58 GMT
Dawn = D-oar-n Don = D-on Merry = m-eh-ree Marry = m-ah-ree Mary = M-air-ree Scicly = Sis-ill-ee Cicely = Sis-eh-lee Cecily = Cess-ill-ee Just had to jump in the band wagon as I am a MERI. (Mary). Ohhhh if I had a nickel for all the versions of my name that I have heard.
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Post by hop2 on Sept 13, 2018 0:41:31 GMT
You can correct the teacher, but if your experience is anything like mine, it won't matter. My daughter is Naomi. Sooooo many people pronounce it Nigh-oh-me...it's Nay-oh-me. By the time she got to high school she quit correcting people. About three months into her freshman year her band director asked how to pronounce it. She told him and he said everyone kept correcting him when he was saying it correctly. When she said she didn't really care how you pronounced it he said "I need you to care because I'm tired of being corrected." The band ended up calling her Nermi...go figure. my kids Band director just called mine by thier last name until DS ended up in marching band in 8th grade. Then he had to differentiate. My DS ended up with the last name and my DD got her first name.
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Post by pretzels on Sept 13, 2018 0:45:17 GMT
She may be saying it the right way in her ear, if that makes sense. DS's best friend is named Adrin, pronounced with a short i. I know this and that's how I pronounce it. Every time, my kid corrects me because it sounds like I'm saying "Adrian," even though I am not. This kid has been my kid's best friend for YEARS. I know his name. I just have a weird accent or something.
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Post by gillyp on Sept 13, 2018 0:46:31 GMT
Dawn = D-oar-n Don = D-on Merry = m-eh-ree Marry = m-ah-ree Mary = M-air-ree Scicly = Sis-ill-ee Cicely = Sis-eh-lee Cecily = Cess-ill-ee Just had to jump in the band wagon as I am a MERI. (Mary). Ohhhh if I had a nickel for all the versions of my name that I have heard. Confused here, do you spell your name Mary and pronounce it Meri or vice versa? Personally I would pronounce them both M-air-ee unless you told me otherwise.
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Post by meriannj on Sept 13, 2018 0:51:52 GMT
Just had to jump in the band wagon as I am a MERI. (Mary). Ohhhh if I had a nickel for all the versions of my name that I have heard. Confused here, do you spell your name Mary and pronounce it Meri or vice versa? Personally I would pronounce them both M-air-ee unless you told me otherwise. Spelled Meri pronounced m-air-ee. Mary was a family name but my mom wanted to spell it different for "fun" it's been fun alright.
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Post by #notLauren on Sept 13, 2018 1:05:16 GMT
No offense, but does it bother your dd or does it bother you? From you OP you comment that you're sure it bothers your daughter. Have you asked her? Perhaps it doesn't.
If it doesn't bother your dd, I'd leave it alone. If it does, I'd nicely let the teacher know how it's pronounced.
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Post by #notLauren on Sept 13, 2018 1:13:35 GMT
The two names I hear said the same all the time are Aaron and Erin. Both seem to get pronounced "Air-in". Drives me nuts especially if I don't know if the person being referred to is male or female.
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Post by IAmUnoriginal on Sept 13, 2018 1:19:51 GMT
merry/marry/Mary all sound the same to me too. Me, too. In fact, I used to run around saying “Mommy Christmas” as a toddler, because I was forbidden from saying Mary. I went through a phase around age 3 of trying to call my mom by her first name. Then, Christmas came and I knew I’d better not say Mary again. Merry=Mary=Mommy. ETA: I’d speak up for your DD. Maybe, the teacher needs to see the phonetic way you spelled it out here for her to connect the dots. Your DD will learn to speak up soon enough. Or, she’ll be like my cousin Melissa (not Missy) and have a ballsy cousin who corrects anyone who tries to shorten her name. Hahaha. My cousin was shy. I was not. I’d correct anyone who tried to Missy her through most of elementary school.
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Post by freecharlie on Sept 13, 2018 1:36:35 GMT
Please call the teacher and just let her know. An email doesn't show pronunciation. Be nice and just say that your dd thinks she is saying her name wrong, but doesn't want to speak up. Decent teachers will appreciate it. However, for your viewing pleasure (NSFW due to botch being said) youtu.be/Dd7FixvoKBw
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Post by julie5 on Sept 13, 2018 1:43:24 GMT
I am Arielle’s mom. air-ee-ELL.
She’s been answering to Ariel - AIR-ee-ul since starting public school at age 9. If doesn’t bother her it doesn’t bother me. In fact if I’m trying to get her attention in a large group, she’ll respond faster to the incorrect pronunciation because that’s what she’s used to.
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