Why can't anyone pronounce DDs name?!?!

Re: Why can't anyone pronounce DDs name?!?!

• ang.ela23 member

  August 2012

  Lie-Luh...correct?

  

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• austenreader85 member

  August 2012

  Sorry you're having trouble with it.  I'm guessing you're getting Lil-uh and you want Lie-luh.  On here it's asked fairly often and there's always a few people that have trouble with it or suggest Lyla instead.  It's still a pretty name.  I think at doctor's offices they don't try that hard to get a name right, they see so many patients (personal work experience speaking).  Most people you interact with will at least remember her name even if they need to be corrected.

  
  

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• AshleyM712 member

  August 2012

  Lie-Luh is correct!

  I think it's an older classic name, I didn't think we would struggle like we are with people pronouncing it.
  

  

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• Strunella member

  August 2012

  ang.ela23:

  Lie-Luh...correct?

  This is how I'd pronounce it.

   

  

   

   

  

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• cmhicklin member

  August 2012

  Isn't that the normal spelling? It must be my hormones, but people are dumb!

  
  

  

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• sacey21

  August 2012

  AshleyM712:

  Lie-Luh is correct!

  I think it's an older classic name, I didn't think we would struggle like we are with people pronouncing it.
  

  this is how i pronounce it too.

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• HeyJune member

  August 2012

  I love the name, and that's exactly how I would spell it and pronounce it. 

  I think the "h" on the end makes it obvious that it should sound like the end of Delilah. 

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• almostjennifer member

  August 2012

  I've only seen it spelled Lila and never wondered about pronounciation.  Maybe the "h" is throwing people?  It's a beautiful name. 

  SAHM to DD1 (7), DS (5) and DD2 (1)

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• magpie1127 member

  August 2012

  I like it with an "h", and I would have no guess as to why people are pronouncing it differently..
  

  
  

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• TofuMama7

  August 2012

  ang.ela23:

  Lie-Luh...correct?

  This is how I'd say it.

  

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• orleyl

  August 2012

  I would pronounce right. People pronounce names wrong all the time.

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• ngarden01 member

  August 2012

  Aww I love that name! It was my number one choice if we were having a girl

  
  

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• ang.ela23 member

  August 2012

  AshleyM712:

  Lie-Luh is correct!

  I think it's an older classic name, I didn't think we would struggle like we are with people pronouncing it.
  

  People are idiots. I don't see how that keeps getting messed up!

  

   Natural M/C at 7 weeks 9.17.08 Natural M/C at 7 weeks 2.1.13

   

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• KarmB member

  August 2012

  My Lilah is 4 weeks and noone has ever misspronounced it.....

  
  

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• femmepink member

  August 2012

  I'd say Lie-la.

  I'd probably spell it Lila though.
  

  
  
  
  

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  BFP #2 - 3/2/13 * DS1 - BORN ON EDD - 11/13/13
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• alliejo725 member

  August 2012

  I'm pretty shocked that no one is pronouncing it correctly. I'm sorry that's happening. Just when you think people can't get any dumber...

  

  

  

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• 526SadieSadie member

  August 2012

  I'd pronounce it Lie-Lah, too.

  My name is Gianna (G-ahn-uh or John-nuh are correct) and I've heard it mispronounced 100 different ways, one teacher even combined my first and last name and called me Georgiana (my maiden name was Giorgi, pronounced George-ee)

  I'm sorry you're having this problem, I don't think adding an h to the name screwed people up, they probably would say it wrong without the h.

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• BLPL101 member

  August 2012

  orleyl:

  I would pronounce right. People pronounce names wrong all the time.

  This. 
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

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• frlcb member

  August 2012

  My dd is Lila and we get Lee-luh and Lill-uh all the time. 

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• MCRM22011 member

  August 2012

  I wouldn't be so upset -- with all the crazy ways people spell / pronounce names these days, people are so f'ed up!! I'm Melissa and while people can pronounce it, they can't spell it to save their lives. I get Melisa, Mellissa, Mellisa, Malisa, Mallissa, etc.... UGH! 

  BFP 7/16/12, Due 3/23/13, DS #1 born 3/13/13 BFP #2 8/10/14, CP 8/16/14 BFP #3 9/16/14

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• oliversmommy32912 member

  August 2012

  I think it's a beautiful name and I would pronounce it Lieluh. With that being said, I used to work at a dr's office and after seeing hundreds of Mia's pronounced either Meeuh or Myuh, Anna's pronounced Anna or Ahnna, and Lila's pronounced Leeluh or Lieluh, it can be hard to get it right. It's all of the (*cough* stupud *cough*) parents that want to spell their kid's names one way and say it another way that ruin it for everyone. There are two patients we had named Rena (pronounced Renay) and Rena (pronounced Reenuh) and both of them would get pissed off and go on a rant every time someone said their name wrong so we had to make sure we kept good track of who was who. It's upsetting when someone says your child's name wrong but try not to take it personally.
  

  

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