Hey everyone!
First a little background. I’m 12 weeks pregnant (yes, roll those eyes) and we do not know the sex of our baby. We do, however, have names picked out. [name_f]My[/name_f] husband and I have agreed on our boy name for a couple years now, and just recently decided (although still tentative on my part) on a girl’s name.
Of course, now that I think more and more about actually HAVING a baby, it’s even more meaningful to me to figure out what the heck we’re going to name him/her.
Which leaves me with lots of questions, most especially about our long-ago picked boy’s name.
[name_m]Alaric[/name_m]. And not the fancy ‘original’ version of the pronunciation, either, but the sinfully wrong “Uh-Lar-[name_m]Ric[/name_m]”.
And therein lies my question. There isn’t a chance in the world I’m going to name my baby “[name_m]Al[/name_m]-A-[name_m]Ric[/name_m]”, no sir. And I think, being Americans, and living in the midwest (where we watch scandalous television shows) most people would say what I’ll refer to as my version of [name_m]Alaric[/name_m].
Is using the ‘incorrect’ pronunciation wrong? Have any of you known any Alarics, and how did they pronounce their name? Also, I just wanted to point out again, we did choose this name before TVD and said it then the same way we say it now, just like they do on the show, “Uh-Lar-[name_m]Ric[/name_m]”.
What do you think?
PS: I’m not so good with that whole “write out what you hear” stuff so if you are having problems even knowing what I’m talking about I’ll try to clarify more.
Oh, and also…
[name_m]Alaric[/name_m] [name_m]Josiah[/name_m], possible nicknames being [name_m]Ric[/name_m] and [name_f]Lark[/name_f].