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Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Phonetikkks(op): 1:31pm On Jul 11, 2015

Godskidmidas:
How're those names pronounced?

Leonard - leh nad (not "liyo nard" )
Hilary - he lair ri
Pamela - paa meh la

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Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Godskidmidas(m): 1:33pm On Jul 11, 2015

Phonetikkks:
Leonard - leh nad (not "liyo nard" )
Hilary - he laire ri
Pamela - paa meh la

Lehnad ko learner ni.. lol

Thanks

Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by sharonnnn(f): 5:07pm On Jul 11, 2015

Godskidmidas:
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

these are the English transcriptions not Hebrew

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Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Hila12(m): 8:04pm On Jul 11, 2015

Wow. This is really helpful. Good job op!

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Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Nobody: 12:59pm On Jul 12, 2015

Grammatical inuendo grin

Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Hila12(m): 10:14pm On Jul 12, 2015

https://www.nairaland.com/2445794/common-mispronunciations-should-avoid#35792238

Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by floragregs(f): 9:56am On Jul 13, 2015

MarvellousGod:
Joan.. joe ann

Interesting

Joan is pronounced jone

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Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Phonetikkks(op): 10:51pm On Jul 13, 2015

floragregs:
Joan is pronounced jone

Yeah that's right.

Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Phonetikkks(op): 10:52pm On Jul 13, 2015

Xplicit1:
This is helpful. Thanks op.

You welcome

Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Phonetikkks(op): 10:54pm On Jul 13, 2015

Check this out.

https://www.nairaland.com/2449353/popular-gbagaun-people-make-when

Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by rezzy: 10:57pm On Jul 14, 2015

I know most of this, but sometimes I'm ashamed to call it in public except For GloRy, Mary and Deborah.

Like my name Joyce, people pronounce as joiy ceee

Abeg, help me with Flourish pronunciation

Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Phonetikkks(op): 11:46pm On Jul 14, 2015

rezzy:
I know most of this, but sometimes I'm ashamed to call it in public except For GloRy, Mary and Deborah.

Like my name Joyce, people pronounce as joiy ceee

Abeg, help me with Flourish pronunciation

Flourish?

flourish --- (flaw rish)

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Re: You've Been Pronouncing Your Name WRONGLY The Whole Time by Phonetikkks(op): 4:34pm On Jul 16, 2015

Check this out...

https://www.nairaland.com/2454505/speak-correct-english-all-toothpaste

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