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Tanya vs. Tania
est:
I've known a few Tanya/Tanias who pronounced their own name "Tan-ya", can't remember any who went by "Tahn-ya". Not saying either way is "proper." If it's your name then it's your prerogative. Similar to people who would swear to me that my name was actually Benjamin, because it comes from and Abrahamic root and my parents didn't know anything and they named me incorrectly. Fuck off. My name is Ben. It's on my birth certificate and it's what I use to identify myself.
pwhodges:
My son's name is Nicolas, not Nicholas. He's used to people getting it wrong.
The reason is that the original Greek form of the name (Νικόλαος) has κ (kappa - which is transliterated as c or k), not χ (chi - which the traditional transliteration as ch implies).
20 jazz funk greats:
--- Quote from: est on 12 May 2011, 05:16 ---Similar to people who would swear to me that my name was actually Benjamin, because it comes from and Abrahamic root and my parents didn't know anything and they named me incorrectly. Fuck off. My name is Ben. It's on my birth certificate and it's what I use to identify myself.
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i used to know some people who would repeatedly insist that my name is short for anastasia which is understandable (i've known some girls named anastasia who go by ana/anna) but wrong. my birth certificate says anna.
this isn't really a thing i have to deal with nowadays though so yay!
i pronounce tania the russian way because i am russian.
Barmymoo:
No, their names sound and are spelt the same as the shortened form of Benjamin/Anastasia. My name sounds and is spelt the same as the name of a type of bush, a month and a verb, but it doesn't mean that I am those things.
JD:
My legit birth certificate name is Tavis but everyone and their dog spells it wrong/says it wrong so I just go by JD.
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