I posted earlier on pronunciation of our front runner girl name Ravenna and how MIL keeps butchering it regardless of how many times we correct her.... Most posters said it was pronounced the way we were saying it so I know it's obviously not that hard to figure out....
How long would it take before you got fed up with it? And what would you say to her??? It's driving me nuts and DH keeps correcting her but she still does it... I finally texted her the phonetic way to pronounce it and still no success...
I think I've heard future DD be called Roseanna, Rowena, Roxanne, and the latest and most often used Raveena... Why won't she get it???!!! Our due date is fast approaching...
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Exactly all of this. I would ignore her pronunciations and guaranteed once your LO is born she will 'get' the name.
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Agreed.
I'll admit to occasionally doing this (intentionally butchering a name I think is stupid), but I wouldn't do it repeatedly with my child's name choice.
Ignore her.
This was my thought. Sounds like she is doing it on purpose to get you to change the name.
We didn't tell anyone DDs name until she was born... partly for this very reason. Anyway, when she was born and DH announced her arrival MIL called everyone and told them the wrong name. My mom corrected her but she kept saying it wrong. Weeks later she still said it wrong.
DDs name is Kirsten (keer-sten)
We heard her say "Kerrsten" "Kristen" "Keersen"
It took about 3 months but she finally got it. I never corrected her. I just let her look foolish.
1/2 of my DH's family still mispronounces my DD's name (Annika), now 16 months. I really don't think they are doing it on purpose (granted, we don't see them a ton)...your MIL may not be doing it on purpose either. She will get it sooner or later.