Baby names that defy general phonics

[SGOS]

Chair Couch Daniels.

Rolls right off the tongue.

Chair Leg Daniels

[Baruch]

I met a man recently whose name was U-Neek pronounced like "unique." Unique has always struck me as a stripper name.

Like Moan-ique ;-(

[Baruch]

Fiji is interesting in its pronunciation of certain letters.
c makes a 'th' sound, and b has an 'm' sound in front of it.
So.. if we look at famous rugby players, for example:
Sireli Bobo is pronounced Sireli Mbombo
Bill Cavubati is pronounced Bill Thavumbati
Rupeni Caucaunibuca is pronounced Rupeni Thauthaunibutha
I don't know if this is just Fiji or other Polynesian islands too.

I would guess there are E African immigrants in Fiji.  Mb- and Nd- are E African consonants found in Swahili.

[drunkenshoe]

My name is Mert

Oh so you are a Mert. Nice one. Much better than new trendy ones. Hani şu eski (güya) isimleri koyuyolar ya...Bogatay, Batıray, Tonguçhan... Bi' de o kız isimleri ne öyle yav... Ceylin, Cansın, Ahsen, Ahueda...vs.

[SoldierofFortune]

Oh so you are a Mert. Nice one. Much better than new trendy ones. Hani şu eski (güya) isimleri koyuyolar ya...Bogatay, Batıray, Tonguçhan... Bi' de o kız isimleri ne öyle yav... Ceylin, Cansın, Ahsen, Ahueda...vs.

: )

Dünyaya ve insanlığa -sonsuz zaman boyutunda ''an'' teşkil eden ömürlerimiz zarfında- bir bakış attığımız yaşamımızda adım bana bir ateist olarak ölümlü olduğumu anımsatıyor : ) Bir de evrenle kıyaslayınca boyutlarımız bir zerre oranında bile değil...Bence bunlar insanı mütevazi kılıyor...

Aynen sırf kuran'da geçtiği için aslında mana ifade etmeyen isimler koyuyorlar...En saçması ve popüler olanı bence ''aleyna''...isim bile değil :D selamun aleyküm(selam/barış üzerine (olsun)' deki ''üzerine'' :D

[drunkenshoe]

Aynen sırf kuran'da geçtiği için aslında mana ifade etmeyen isimler koyuyorlar...En saçması ve popüler olanı bence ''aleyna''...isim bile değil :D selamun aleyküm(selam/barış üzerine (olsun)' deki ''üzerine'' :D

Hadi ya, Aleyna'nın anlamı o muymuş? puhahaha..lol Bence onu kuranda geçiyor diye değil de, klasik Batı dillerindeki isim ve kelimelere benzeyen bir ses ahengi var diye koymuşlar da sonra kılıf uydurmuşlar. Bizde vardır ya o tarz özentiler tüm 'alt sınıf halklar' gibi. Hani işçi sınıfı ile burjuva da farklı isimler koyar falan... Aslında belki yargılamak kötü, ne istiyorlarsa koysun insanlar da...çok eğreti-özenti geliyo kulağa be. "Aleynaaa gel kızım, yemek hazır." Ne biliyim.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

My name is pronounced Martin, but I spell it Zybhinxchsdi. The zybhxchsd and I are silent.  The Mart is infered.. Actually it's what my signature sort of looks like in a dark room at night to a blind person..

[widdershins]

I was just spouting off on this to my family the other day.  Well, not this, in general, but a specific name I have trouble taking seriously.  "Megyn Kelly".  That Y pisses me off.  I don't know why, but I simply can't take someone named "Megyn" seriously.  I know nothing about her, but in my head she's an idiot bimbo.  Well, to be fair, I know she's on Faux News, so that may have something to do with my impression of her.

[TomFoolery]

"Megyn Kelly".  That Y pisses me off.  I don't know why, but I simply can't take someone named "Megyn" seriously.

I'm not exactly sure when the movement to upgrade Y, the sometimes vowel, to Y, the WHY NOT? vowel became so prevalent. I always wonder what parents were trying to prove when you encounter a name that should have two or three As, Is, or Es, and they've all been replaced with the letter Y.

Why choose a boring name like Madeline when you can have a Madylyn instead?

[widdershins]

I'm not exactly sure when the movement to upgrade Y, the sometimes vowel, to Y, the WHY NOT? vowel became so prevalent. I always wonder what parents were trying to prove when you encounter a name that should have two or three As, Is, or Es, and they've all been replaced with the letter Y.

Why choose a boring name like Madeline when you can have a Madylyn instead?

To be fair, I gave my first daughter an unusual name.  It's actually a Russian man's name, and a kickass space telescope.  But, dammit, I didn't fuck with the spelling!  And I went to school with a girl with that name and always liked it.

[Youssuf Ramadan]

I would guess there are E African immigrants in Fiji.  Mb- and Nd- are E African consonants found in Swahili.

Could be. I didn't know that. 

[Hakurei Reimu]

Hercules Grytpype-Thynne:  :97: "My plan to increase demand for Y's is coming to fruition!"

[The Skeletal Atheist]

My name is Brett. Short, simple, and to the point right? Not so, many people (not just foreigners) have trouble pronouncing it.

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