Hello Family, I guess you having a good day and hope this finds you well. Below are correct pronunciations (queens pronunciations) of common names you bear, or give your kids. Many pronounce their own names wrongly and may not know this:

Mabel -------- may bull (not "may bell" )
Mary -------- merry (not "may ree" )
Josephine -------- joze fin (not "jo seh fin" )
Micheal -------- mai cole (not "mai kell" )
Nicholas -------- nicklas (not "knee ko las" )
Marvelous -------- marv lous (not "ma veh lous" )
Jonathan -------- jaw na than (not "joe na tan)
Reginald -------- reh gee nold (not "ray gee nad" )

Joel -------- jole (not "jo el" )
Joseph -------- joe zev (not "joe sef" )
Joan -------- jone (not "joe ann" )
Yvonne -------- e von (not "vo nnè" )
Vaughan -------- vorn (not "vo gan" )
Sarah -------- seh rah (not "say rah" )
Jessica -------- jeh sica (not ''jay sica'' )
Rebecca -------- reh beh ka (not "ray bay ca" )
Daniel -------- da newl (not "dan yell" )
Joshua -------- jaw shwa (not "joe shwa" )

Glory -------- glaw ree (not "glow ree" )
Kingsley -------- kings lee (not "kin slee" )
Babara -------- babra (not "ba barà" )
Deborah -------- Debra (not "deh bora " )
Marie -------- more reè (not "ma ree" )
Donald -------- dor nawld (not "do naad" )
Elizabeth -------- eli za beth or eliz beth (both correct)

PS: If you trip to Native countries (English countries) and pronounce these names otherwise, they would find it difficult comprehending who or what you mean. Someone may even call your name just behind you, and you wouldn't recognise it's your name they called.

Feel free to add yours.

Warri pronunciations..

Nobody pronounces vaughan as vogan.

Okay

tpiander:
Nobody pronounces vaughan as vogan.

Lol, I've heard all kinds of pronunciations of that name, you go fear.

Very guilty of Deborah

This is helpful. Thanks op.

Cool thread

Interesting...

However, I think Nigeria should have it's own dictionary with our own method of pronunciation... I mean, what gives 'The Queen' the right to decide how I pronounce my words

how do I pronounce jonathan. In honour of d immediate past president of d federal republic

Merry Cakes nice

Nice 1 op. Na 2 begin phonetic b dis oo..hehehe..mk I run go meet my pako friends begin nack d English 4 deir ear

But some people will no longer recognize their names if we begin to pronounce them like this.
They are already used to the Nigerian version.

crackhaus:
Interesting...

However, I think Nigeria should have it's own dictionary with our own method of pronunciation... I mean, what gives 'The Queen' the right to decide how I pronounce my words

Lol, well they are borrowed names in the first place, you can't decide your own pronunciations for foreign names, just as the Queen can't teach us how to pronounce "Maduekwe".

Play by their rules lol

Haywhymido:
how do I pronounce jonathan. In honour of d immediate past president of d federal republic

Lol okay.

Say after me "jaw na than"

pretydiva:
Nice 1 op. Na 2 begin phonetic b dis oo..hehehe..mk I run go meet my pako friends begin nack d English 4 deir ear

Lol spread the good news...

eleojo23:
But some people will no longer recognize their names if we begin to pronounce them like this.
They are already used to the Nigerian version.

Abi lol...but it will help you when you journey overseas.

Xplicit1:
This is helpful. Thanks op.

You welcome.

Phonetikkks:


You welcome.

Yet every time I pronounce my name (Glaw ria) I get, "what? Laura?"

I find this quite captivating

Evina:


Yet every time I pronounce my name (Glaw ria) I get, "what? Laura?"

They say that out of ignorance. Many Nigerians don't actually pronounce properly.

I can't find my name

UnknownT:
I can't find my name

Cause it's unknown lol

Funny thread.

You didn't add Pamela, Leonard and Hillary. Pronouncing these names wrongly drives me crazy.

It's funny.

Greg Re not green go Re

Wanna not Ju ah nah

Thanks op .

Joan.. joe ann

Interesting

MarvellousGod:
Joan.. joe ann

Interesting

MarvellousGod - Mavvvv ell ussss Gad

EyeKandy:
Funny thread.

You didn't add Pamela, Leonard and Hillary. Pronouncing these names wrongly drives me crazy.

How're those names pronounced?

Mary Michael Sarah Rebecca Daniel Jonathan. Those names are Hebrew names not English names. They've been even before the advent of English. So no English man should tell me how to pronounce a name that he doesn't know the origin of.
As he take hungry me na hin I go pronounce am

Hope say I never misyan sha

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MarvellousGod - Mavvvv ell ussss Gad

lol