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would this pronunciation of Avery ever occur to you?

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Met a woman today who liked the name Avery for her daughter, but didn't want people to pronounce it Ahv-ery.  (Ahv rhymes with 'have')

So she spelled it Ayverie.

Huh?!?

 

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Re: would this pronunciation of Avery ever occur to you?

  • grapeape73grapeape73 member

    Huked on foniks wurkd for hur. 

    No.  Avery is simple and pronounced correctly spelled the way you have it. 

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    No
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  • Smores730Smores730 member
    Hmm good luck with that. Ironically the Ay at the front makes me want to emphasize the long A even more.
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  • ohfourohfour member
    Maybe she has some dumb family/friends who made her rethink it. Hahah
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  • Allie30Allie30 member
    I would probably be inclined to pronounce that spelling "Eye-veree."
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  • rosesandpeoniesrosesandpeonies member

    uh no.  That's my daughter's name and I have never heard of that.  The only pronunciation thing that goes with avery is whether you want it                         two syllables (A-vree) or three syllables (A-ver-y).....that is the only thing I have ever run into and it isn't really a big deal.

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  • strangebirdstrangebird member
    I can't say it ever occurred to me that Avery would be mispronounced in that particular way, but one of the reasons I dislike Avery is that it's commonly mispronounced. It's a three syllable name: ay-ver-ee, but most people pronounce it ayv-ree with only two syllables. For that reason, I actually don't mind when people spell it: Avrie/Avrey, etc. It's one of the few names that seems to need a spelling change, at least if you intend not to enunciate. I think the mother in question would have done better to be concerned with that pronunciation problem that a soft or long A sound.
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  • sunnyday016sunnyday016 member

    imageSmores730:
    Hmm good luck with that. Ironically the Ay at the front makes me want to emphasize the long A even more.

    Yep me too.

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  • Toots_popToots_pop member
    imagesunnyday016:

    imageSmores730:
    Hmm good luck with that. Ironically the Ay at the front makes me want to emphasize the long A even more.

    Yep me too.

    Yup, me three.

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  • KINZYDKINZYD
    Never in a million years would that pronunciation have occured to me!
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  • teafortwo2teafortwo2
    oh boy.  wow, it would never occur to me to pronounce this any other way....avery is pretty straightforward as far as names go.
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  • BrideBuddiesBrideBuddies member

    Someone has a major case of the overthinkies.

     

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  • ademc05ademc05
    imagesnowday!:

    Huh?!?

     

    I think very very few would pronounce Avery wrong and be more confused with Ayverie. Also, if spell check gets it wrong, that should tell people something.

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  • lc113lc113
    That's "ivory" to me.  
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