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WCDT Strips 3446 to 3450 (27th to 31st March 2017)
Zebediah:
"It's spelled 'Raymond Luxury-Yacht', but it's pronounced 'Throat-Warbler Mangrove'!"
(click to show/hide)//www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyQvjKqXA0Y
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 28 Mar 2017, 20:44 ---Clinton's attempt to say her name is 'Brooon'.
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This fits into a theory that I have that Clinton has an occasional habit of stretching out some sounds and syllable gaps when he's talking. Thus, 'Brun' becomes 'Broon' and 'Clinton' becomes 'Clinnn-tonnn' (yes, I think Emily was imitating his own way of saying his name).
Morituri:
While it is true that no legal requirements are made of the pronunciation of names, it is at best unfortunate when someone has some of their identity elements in conflict. It leads, at its least serious, to miscommunications about who someone is referring to. At worst, cognitive dissonance can be crippling.
I say this as a cognitive dissident myself; I am very familiar with this issue from my own experience.
Method of Madness:
I mean the person can pronounce their own name however they want. They should still be consistent, though.
blt:
My name is mispronounced so often that there are times where I'll just give up and let it go if it's close enough. Most of the time it's not worth the effort.
But I also know people for whom pronouncing Lalonde (for example) the wrong way ("La-loaned" vs "La-lawned") is a grave insult.
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