NAMES
Poll #xxxx Names
Poll inspired by two things:
- I have an American in-law whose name (Cara) is pronounced quite differently in her accent than it is in mine (Australian). I figured it was polite to pronounce it her way, but my other Australian relatives seem fine pronouncing it the Australian way
- My real name has an 'R' sound in the middle of it that I don't pronounce and Americans do. As a result, about 80% of the Americans I say my name to don't understand it, although it's not an uncommon name. I am trying to decide whether to start saying my name in an American accent when I meet people, although that seems weird, because it's my name and I should choose how to say it!
Has anyone come across this problem? What do you do?
When another person's name is pronounced differently in another language/accent, do you:
Pronounce it in your own language/accent
32(16.5%)
Pronounce it in theirs
162(83.5%)
When your own name is pronounced differently in another language/accent, and you are speaking in that language or to someone that has that accent, do you:
Pronounce it in your own way
113(56.8%)
Pronounce it in theirs
86(43.2%)
- I have an American in-law whose name (Cara) is pronounced quite differently in her accent than it is in mine (Australian). I figured it was polite to pronounce it her way, but my other Australian relatives seem fine pronouncing it the Australian way
- My real name has an 'R' sound in the middle of it that I don't pronounce and Americans do. As a result, about 80% of the Americans I say my name to don't understand it, although it's not an uncommon name. I am trying to decide whether to start saying my name in an American accent when I meet people, although that seems weird, because it's my name and I should choose how to say it!
Has anyone come across this problem? What do you do?