Moving this to chat, as it has wandered away from lace: Annette Gill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sylvie Nguyen wrote: ><<While I naturally use the American pronunciation of "Sylvie," people >still insist on calling me "Sylvia," which is not my name.>> > >You're lucky - I'm often called Anita! <G> My aunt is called Sylvia, >but in the family she's often called Sylvie as an affectionate nick-name.
And while I have a name I think is utterly simply, I am amazed at the people who hear me introduce myself as "Lynn" and then call me "Linda". ><<Of course, my last name is utterly impossible for most to pronounce. >> My sister-in-law was married to a Nguyen, and so my niece and two nephews are Nguyens. (If you are wondering, the "Ng" is a nasal sound just like the "ng" in "sing" -- it sounds sort of like "Wen", but put that "ng" sound first.) My SIL says when she gets people calling her and asking for "Mrs. Nuh-goo-yen", she knows she doesn't want to talk to them. >Mine is often pronounced with a soft G - even after I've said it to the >person concerned with a hard G, they still think they know better than >me how it should be pronounced. Funny how people who can't pronounce "Lynn" as "Lynn" can pronounce "Carpenter" correctly! Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
