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@nevynreally wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

 

@nevynreally wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:

I am perfectly happy for the new Premier to be called Pal- a- shay. Don't care if some think it is wrong.. not important in the big scheme of things.

 

Really? I think it speaks volumes about fitting in and not being proud of yourself or where you come from.  And that our media is, basically, ignorant.

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Rubbish.  The media pronounce the name as they have for 30 years.  Correctly.  The ignorance is yours alone.

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Okay. So sorry I don't have the same opinion as you in this public forum. I personally would have kept the original pronounciation, been there and done that. But that's not relevant. 

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So if your name is Smith and you pronounce it as Smith, and have done so for 50 years or more, you want the media and others to pronounce it as Smythe.  Got it.

para is does bother me to have my name spelt incorrectly. Apart from that at the Dr's. Dentists,  for academic records, invoices/bills etc.. best to have your name spelt correctly.

nevyn wrote:

Okay. So sorry I don't have the same opinion as you in this public forum. I personally would have kept the original pronounciation

Which is only your opinion on another familys choice of how  their surname is pronounced. Don't think they would care about that to be honest.

It is personal preference how people want their surnames pronounced.. even first names.. no matter  how weird we may think they are... it is their CHOICE.

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@para-slights wrote:

I have a surname that NO ONE ever spells correctly, it's a common surname but variant spellings and never bothers me how they spell it or the fact that my first name is often confused as my surname too

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Me too.  No-one pronounces my surname correctly either, with the exception of people at the Mater hospital.  (I married a catholic).

It is a common name (don't they breed like rabbits?), and I do not answer when it is incorrectly pronounced.

I wanted to change it after my divorce, but to change the surnames of my children was not permitted.  Fathers owned their children, and it was silly to have a different name from my children.

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@am*3 wrote:

My first name is hard to pronouce. I wished I was called Mary or similar!

 

Surname has two spelling variations which doesn't affect speaking it, but when time to give your surname for other person to write it down.. need to state which version it is. Actually maiden name has two versions of spelling it too..so never got away from that.

 

 

And here's the apples and oranges thing again. It's not about variations on a name, it's about the correct name. I have both. First name, surname. I will always spell them, pronounce them, and correct them. 

Most people get it then. Some, however, are lazy.

It's the only time I've had to get it corrected - took about a month at my current job to get them to drop the 'c' out of my surname

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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So if your name is Smith and you pronounce it as Smith, and have done so for 50 years or more, you want the media and others to pronounce it as Smythe.  Got it.

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But, that's what you're describing. Are you not in full focus?

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@nevynreally wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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So if your name is Smith and you pronounce it as Smith, and have done so for 50 years or more, you want the media and others to pronounce it as Smythe.  Got it.

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But, that's what you're describing. Are you not in full focus?

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No, I drive a Swift.

What does it matter in the big scheme of things how a new Premier's surname is pronounced??

Her father was a MP, never an issue before  for him, she uses the same surname as him, the one she was born with.

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@nevynreally wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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So if your name is Smith and you pronounce it as Smith, and have done so for 50 years or more, you want the media and others to pronounce it as Smythe.  Got it.

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But, that's what you're describing. Are you not in full focus?

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No, I drive a Swift.

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A newly purchased one, or one you have had for awhile?

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@am*3 wrote:

What does it matter in the big scheme of things how a new Premier's surname is pronounced??

 

Her father was a MP, never an issue before  for him, she uses the same surname as him, the one she was born with.

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Maybe it does matter to some posters? Or is that not allowed here?

I already know the answer. Pro Labour or nick off. Sad, because there could be so much more discussion without the zealots.