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    Name Mispronunciations

    I have a weird irl name. Xanthe. I get many mispronunciations. Do you?! If so, post them here. You can also post weird username pronunciations, too, or any other names you go by! Or names of others that YOU have mispronounced!

    I had a friend who used to say Suicune as 'swin-see'. -_- Clearly no reading skills.

    You say my name as: ZAN-thee. The th sound is like in 'booth.' Not a hard th like 'this.' These are the mispronunciations I've heard:

    egg-ZAN-thee
    ex-AN-thee (sort of the same as above, but w/e)
    ex-AN-thee-ah
    ex-ANTH
    KSS-an-thee
    ANN-thee
    ANN-thee-ah
    ZAN-thee-ah
    zanth
    ZAH-neth (...)
    ZAY-neth ( @Noblejanobii...)
    ZAN-thuh (hard th, like 'this')


    You? xD
    Last edited by Suicune's Fire; 04-23-2016 at 01:43 AM.

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    I personally think Zayneth is way better. XD

    So my name, Sloane, is pronounced with an S like a snake his, then the word loan. S-loan. The E itself is silent. However, I do get a lot of common misconceptions.
    -Sa-loan (throwing an extra a in there)
    -Sloanee (adding a long e sound)
    -Sloanay

    That's all I can think of off the top my head. My middle name suffers too though since it has a silent H and it's a parody of another very common name so people tend to get them confused.
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    I INSPIRED THIS.

    Oh @Suicune's Fire I totally said your name as Zanth when I first met you. I HAD NO IDEA THE E WAS A THING. xD I'd never heard that name before!

    Anyway, most of you know my name is Gemma. It's not that hard to pronounce, right? WRONG. SO WRONG. I have had some annoying mispronunciations over the times. Though, granted, not as bad as Xanthe's. xD I'll also throw misspelling in here just cause that pisses me off too.

    Misspellings:
    Jemma
    Jenna
    Emma
    Jema

    Mispronunciations: Sorta similar to above
    JEH-nah
    GEH-mah (A HARD G - I KID YOU NOT)

    You don't even want me to start on my surname...
    Last edited by Chibi Altaria; 04-22-2016 at 11:53 PM.

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    Well, Gemma, Xanth is one of the less "how the heck did you get that out of my name" ones. XD Oh, Noble. You're funneh. I'd have thought Sloane was extremely straightforward...also Gemma. Some people baffle me. XD

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    Hi! My name is Sam! Bye!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Trainer17 View Post
    Hi! My name is Sam! Bye!
    That's way too hard to pronounce gtfo

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    Quote Originally Posted by Suicune's Fire View Post
    That's way too hard to pronounce gtfo
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    Obviously his name is pronounced "Sem" Sems legit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dragon Master Mike View Post
    Obviously his name is pronounced "Sem" Sems legit.
    I KNEW IT. He's been hiding his complex name all along...

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    Not going to lie Xanthe, up until about two years ago I thought it was pronounced 'ex-anth', and apparently I'm still getting it wrong because up until now I thought it was 'zanth'. You've got the coolest looking name though!!!


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