What's a name that you pronounced wrong for a long time?

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& how did you pronounce it at first?

For me, it’s [name_f]Nadine[/name_f]; I had a character in a book when I was 10 named [name_f]Nadine[/name_f], and I pronounced it Nah-DINE. I had a person named [name_f]Nadine[/name_f] in my class over the summer - turns out, it’s pronounced Nah-DEEN

I love that pronunciation so much more haha

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I pronounced [name_u]Reggie[/name_u] with hard g’s for many years!

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I thought [name_m]Eoin[/name_m] was like [name_m]Ian[/name_m] for years, turns out it’s like [name_u]Owen[/name_u]!

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Cassia! You cannot imagine my dismay when I discovered it was pronounced cah-shee-uh instead of cah-see-uh :woman_facepalming:

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Ooh, the one I know pronounces it Cah-see-uh, so that’s the one I’d say.

Calliope is mine, still trips me up so much!

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I always pronounced [name_f]Calliope[/name_f] as cal-lee-oh-pee. Then in my [name_f]English[/name_f] class we we doing a Greek mythology unit and I learned that it’s kuh-lye-oh-pee.

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Imogen! I was pronouncing it with a hard G for probably a year after I learned the name

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This is apparently the correct pronunciation in Greek!

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…I thought that’s how you pronounced [name_f]Persephone[/name_f]?

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I learned [name_m]Eamon[/name_m] is “AY-mon” and not “EE-muhn” only yesterday.

Also [name_m]Aloysius[/name_m] I was pronouncing as “uh-LOY-see-us” for ages before learning it’s “al-oh-ISH-us”.

And I’m sure there’s plenty more I’m not remembering, haha.

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Me too! And I actually know of an [name_m]Aloysius[/name_m] but never saw it written down so when I tried looking up the name on the internet I searched for something like “allowishus” and [name_m]Aloysius[/name_m] came up and I had a :bulb: moment as I realised they were the same name.

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Michaela as [name_f]Michelle[/name_f]-ah till maybe four months ago, and also [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] as ih-moh-gen instead of ih-moh-jean

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Calliope. I thought it was CAL-ee-ope for the longest time.

Probably would have also had [name_m]Aloysius[/name_m] on my list, but I’m related to one.

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I was introduced to the name [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] through one of my favorite books from my middle school age, and gleefully pronounced it as purse-a-phone for years, even after I read it a second time. and I liked that pronunciation too. :grin:

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I used to say EE-owin, which I actually rather like :sweat_smile:

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I don’t think there’s one correct prounciation, many say KASS-ee-uh, some say KESH-uh, apparently some say CAH-shee-uh (which I’ve never heard of before). Same with [name_m]Cassian[/name_m], or unrelated, [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] and [name_m]Lucius[/name_m], [name_m]Lucian[/name_m].

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Eoin is my nephews middle name. A good bit of people get the pronunciation wrong so don’t worry. [name_f]My[/name_f] favourite one I heard was EE-OYN :joy:

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Decima. I thought it was DESS-im-mah or deh-SEE-mah.
But no, apparently it’s DEK-ee-mah,

I liked my versions better… :sweat_smile:

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Right now I’m thankful [name_f]Lyra[/name_f] is not a name that I want to use. I grew up having heard it as Leer-uh based off of the pronunciation for [name_u]Lyric[/name_u]. [name_f]Imagine[/name_f] my dismay when I found out it was pronounced Lie-ruh. Why?

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Calliope was [name_f]Calli[/name_f]-OH-pee (which I guess technically is the Greek pronunciation, but not necessarily the American one)
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f] was may-vee
[name_m]Aloysius[/name_m] was al-oy-shis
[name_f]Annika[/name_f] was [name_u]Anne[/name_u]-icka (which technically isn’t wrong but the more common is Ahn-icka.)