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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Sept 13, 2018 2:05:24 GMT
I think it all comes down to the North American accents. Don and Dawn don’t sound alike to me at all. I know right? But in North America they are said the same way. I take offence to people spelling it wrong because DO I LOOK LIKE A MAN TO YOU??? I live in North America. I pronounce those names differently.
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Post by beachbum on Sept 13, 2018 2:09:11 GMT
Retired 2nd grade teacher here - I know I would have felt terrible if I found out I had been pronouncing a student's name incorrectly and would want the parent (or student) to tell me. If she's a decent human being she'll listen and change how she's saying it, as well as apologize to your daughter.
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Post by littlemama on Sept 13, 2018 2:40:08 GMT
Cecily is not that uncommon and should be recognizable. Is Open House coming up where you can mention it (or say her name a TON?)
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Post by 950nancy on Sept 13, 2018 2:46:42 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.No, it is not. I was more frustrated because I taught 10-12 year olds and I spend the year teaching them how to look people in the eye when they talk, shake hands, give speeches, recite poems, and be the best spokesperson for themselves that they can be. I volunteer now and when I pull a kiddo out in the hallway, and sometimes ask how to say their name several times. I'll write it down phonetically on the back of their paperwork just to make sure I get it right. If they have a name that is unusual or old fashioned I always ask them how their name was chosen. Love it because kids kind of light up talking about it.
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Post by Skellinton on Sept 13, 2018 2:47:20 GMT
Thank you. I have never in my whole life heard it pronounced the UK way. I don’t want to derail the thread, but would people in the UK pronounce the name Dawn the same as the link, or the American version?
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Post by Skellinton on Sept 13, 2018 2:54:50 GMT
Who do they not sound the same too? Dawn and Don, I mean. How do they sound to other people? Dawn is said like 'yawn' and Don is said like, well, Don. lol. Dawn should be with a bit of a drawl, and Don is more like the word 'on' as in 'turn on the light' and it's a shorter-length vowel sound. At least the way I say them, that's the difference. --> One of my fiance's childhood friends is named Don... and his wife is Dawn. LOL!! Seriously, that's their names. And they're said differently-- well, in the Midwest they are, anyway. To me, there shouldn't be any problem with Cecily-- it's NOT said like the island. See, to me yawn and Don rhyme. And Dawn and on rhyme. I think I have weird ears.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Sept 13, 2018 3:19:24 GMT
I know right? But in North America they are said the same way. I take offence to people spelling it wrong because DO I LOOK LIKE A MAN TO YOU??? I live in North America. I pronounce those names differently. Everyone here says Dawn as Don. I only hear Dohn from people from other English speaking countries. My grandfather spelled my name wrong, too.
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Post by AussieMeg on Sept 13, 2018 3:28:36 GMT
merry/marry/Mary all sound the same to me too. Now you're just being difficult!! merry has a short e marry has a short a Mary has a longer eh If mErry and mArry sound the same, what about bEd and bAd? I LOVE these threads!
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Post by MalleyCat on Sept 13, 2018 3:30:09 GMT
Funny since my daughter's name is Sicily and there are people who pronounce her name Cecily. 😉
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Post by freecharlie on Sept 13, 2018 3:33:30 GMT
Dawn is said like 'yawn' and Don is said like, well, Don. lol. Dawn should be with a bit of a drawl, and Don is more like the word 'on' as in 'turn on the light' and it's a shorter-length vowel sound. At least the way I say them, that's the difference. --> One of my fiance's childhood friends is named Don... and his wife is Dawn. LOL!! Seriously, that's their names. And they're said differently-- well, in the Midwest they are, anyway. To me, there shouldn't be any problem with Cecily-- it's NOT said like the island. See, to me yawn and Don rhyme. And Dawn and on rhyme. I think I have weird ears. they all rhyme to me
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Post by kelbel827 on Sept 13, 2018 3:34:26 GMT
I work with a woman who can't say people's names correctly to save her life, no matter how many times she's been told. Maybe this teacher is like this as well.
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Post by travelsoul on Sept 13, 2018 4:01:11 GMT
Well, I could've written this same post because I'm currently going through the same thing. My daughter's name is Naomi and all staff members including her lead teacher (she's in preschool) pronounce it incorrectly. They say Nai-omi. It gets under my skin every time I hear "Hi Naiomi!" Even funnier, occasionally I've heard my mom pronounce it with a long I. I guess it rolls off the tongue easier that way?
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Post by fotos4u2 on Sept 13, 2018 4:32:16 GMT
This thread is so funny. Like others I say Dawn/Don the same as well as Merry/Marry/Mary (which all rhyme with mare-y). FWIW MaryMary I'd suggest you correct the teacher when you hear her say it wrong. Shouldn't be too offensive to say "oh I don't mean to be a bother, but her name is actually CESSily not CISSily". Didn't you almost name her Alicia, maybe that would have been easier to pronounce ? Or was that someone else? That being said I have a kid who goes by a nickname from her middle name (the full name happens to be my mom's name although my mom uses a different nickname), by choice. We, however, call her by her first name at home. It's pretty confusing sometimes and I've had coaches ask me what I prefer she be called. I say they can call her whatever they want, but I'll still be calling her by the first name I chose. It's actually a little funny listening conversations between me and the kid's friends. I'll say First Name blah blah blah and they'll answer Middle Name blah blah blah.
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Post by fotos4u2 on Sept 13, 2018 4:36:45 GMT
Well, I could've written this same post because I'm currently going through the same thing. My daughter's name is Naomi and all staff members including her lead teacher (she's in preschool) pronounce it incorrectly. They say Nai-omi. It gets under my skin every time I hear "Hi Naiomi!" Even funnier, occasionally I've heard my mom pronounce it with a long I. I guess it rolls off the tongue easier that way? Just curious, but can you spell out how you pronounce it? Because I will say Naomi is one name that I've heard pronounced different ways so it's hard to know which is correct. The most common way seems to be either Nay-oh-me or Nie-oh-me
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Post by lizzy on Sept 13, 2018 5:35:21 GMT
The teacher that my daughter and her friend had for grade three called them “Morgan” and “Zoe” the entire year, despite being corrected umpteen times. Their names are “Meagan” and “Chloe”! 😂😂😂 Then she’d get annoyed when she called them and they didn’t answer (they weren’t used to answering to those names, so didn’t even clue in that she was talking to them at first). On meet the teacher night she was so confused when I told her whose mother I was, lol. It’s like she had never heard of my daughter, and afterwards my daughter told me why she didn’t know who she was.
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Post by Gennifer on Sept 13, 2018 6:01:57 GMT
My own mother puts a t in the middle of my 17yo daughter's name: Keltsey instead of Kelsey. It doesn't matter how many times I talk to her about it... she thinks she's saying it the same way I do.
Also, I'm now determined to find a way to mispronounce your name. And hoping to have a chance to do that next time you come to my state. BECAUSE SURELY YOU WON'T COME AGAIN WITHOUT A MEETUP.
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Post by jamieson on Sept 13, 2018 6:49:13 GMT
Other people wish they had your problem.
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Post by JoP on Sept 13, 2018 6:53:01 GMT
My name can be shortened. I don't like that, and immediately (politely and nicely) correct people, if they shorten it. It's ABCDEF, not ABC. I won't answer to the shorten name. This happens to me, and boy do some people get upset. They often retaliate with “I know another abcdef and they don’t mind being called abc” I reply with well I do
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Post by JoP on Sept 13, 2018 6:58:23 GMT
Thank you. I have never in my whole life heard it pronounced the UK way. I don’t want to derail the thread, but would people in the UK pronounce the name Dawn the same as the link, or the American version? I’m in the UK and pronounce Dawn the same as the UK link
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Post by gillyp on Sept 13, 2018 7:35:00 GMT
Thank you. I have never in my whole life heard it pronounced the UK way. I don’t want to derail the thread, but would people in the UK pronounce the name Dawn the same as the link, or the American version? I’m in the UK and pronounce Dawn the same as the UK link Me too, Skellinton. It rhymes with lawn (l-oar-n), fawn (f-oar-n) and is the same sound as in tawny (t-oar-nee) and awesome (oar-some). Don rhymes with on, con, etc and is the same sound as in song, long, pond etc.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2018 8:13:53 GMT
Thank you. I have never in my whole life heard it pronounced the UK way. I don’t want to derail the thread, but would people in the UK pronounce the name Dawn the same as the link, or the American version? The same as the link. I just can't get a Don pronunciation for Dawn. To me they are distinctively different. Don to me is the same sound as in Don -at-ella Versace I've never heard of Cecily being a Sicily.
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Post by AussieMeg on Sept 13, 2018 8:38:55 GMT
Well, I could've written this same post because I'm currently going through the same thing. My daughter's name is Naomi and all staff members including her lead teacher (she's in preschool) pronounce it incorrectly. They say Nai-omi. It gets under my skin every time I hear "Hi Naiomi!" Even funnier, occasionally I've heard my mom pronounce it with a long I. I guess it rolls off the tongue easier that way? So how do you pronounce it? I have known several girls named Naomi and it it always pronounced nay-OH-me.
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Post by Patter on Sept 13, 2018 10:20:58 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. Yep! I have an Erin, and poor thing has her named spelled Aaron all of the time though we pronounce them the same.
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Post by gar on Sept 13, 2018 10:27:25 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. Yep! I have an Erin, and poor thing has her named spelled Aaron all of the time though we pronounce them the same. To my ears Aaron has a much longer a sound - air-n whereas Erin is much shorter - Eh-rin. Accents make so much difference 🙂
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Post by Patter on Sept 13, 2018 10:34:33 GMT
Yep! I have an Erin, and poor thing has her named spelled Aaron all of the time though we pronounce them the same. To my ears Aaron has a much longer a sound - air-n whereas Erin is much shorter - Eh-rin. Accents make so much difference 🙂 Oh yes, in the south, it's the same to us (at least everyone I know) but if I was still in jolly 'ol England, I would agree with you.
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Post by travelsoul on Sept 13, 2018 10:50:12 GMT
Well, I could've written this same post because I'm currently going through the same thing. My daughter's name is Naomi and all staff members including her lead teacher (she's in preschool) pronounce it incorrectly. They say Nai-omi. It gets under my skin every time I hear "Hi Naiomi!" Even funnier, occasionally I've heard my mom pronounce it with a long I. I guess it rolls off the tongue easier that way? So how do you pronounce it? I have known several girls named Naomi and it it always pronounced nay-OH-me. We pronounce it nay-OH-me.
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Post by travelsoul on Sept 13, 2018 10:53:11 GMT
Well, I could've written this same post because I'm currently going through the same thing. My daughter's name is Naomi and all staff members including her lead teacher (she's in preschool) pronounce it incorrectly. They say Nai-omi. It gets under my skin every time I hear "Hi Naiomi!" Even funnier, occasionally I've heard my mom pronounce it with a long I. I guess it rolls off the tongue easier that way? Just curious, but can you spell out how you pronounce it? Because I will say Naomi is one name that I've heard pronounced different ways so it's hard to know which is correct. The most common way seems to be either Nay-oh-me or Nie-oh-me We pronounce it Nay-oh-me.
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Post by christine58 on Sept 13, 2018 11:14:44 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. That's because they are pronounced the same.
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Post by christine58 on Sept 13, 2018 11:16:32 GMT
I know right? But in North America they are said the same way. I take offence to people spelling it wrong because DO I LOOK LIKE A MAN TO YOU??? I live in North America. I pronounce those names differently. Oh dear god Delta Dawn..... Dawn rhymes with lawn Don rhymes with on... your name Dawn is NOT that difficult to spell... Eddie-n-Harley You are right...they are pronounced differently
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Post by peabay on Sept 13, 2018 11:19:28 GMT
Personally, I'd let it go. It's just that after 53 years of being called everything from "Dee-dra" to "Gertrude" (yes) it's good to learn to let these little things slide off your back. And I do think it's a little thing - I have dear friends who don't pronounce my name correctly and I just don't even hear it anymore.
You might, when talking to the teacher, correct her yourself, but it's awfully hard as a kid to do it. You feel disrespectful.
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