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List of irregularly spelled English names. This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.
Katie Garapic realized she may be mispronouncing her Croatian last name while watching the Olympics. Athletes from the neighboring Serbia spelled their names "-ić," which implies a "-ch" sound at ...
Miami, Oklahoma: Locals from northeastern Oklahoma pronounce the name as / m aɪ ˈ æ m ə / my-AM-ə, while others pronounce the name like the city in Florida, / m aɪ ˈ æ m i / my-AM-ee. [66] [67] [68] Moyock, North Carolina: Locals pronounce it as / ˈ m oʊ j ɒ k / MOH-yok, while most visitors pronounce it as / ˈ m ɔɪ ɒ k / MOY-ok.
That apostrophe you see on the O of Irish surnames is an Anglicization of a “síneadh fada,” an acute accent slanting to the right. A fada above a vowel means the vowel should be pronounced ...
Combined names come from old traditional families and are considered one last name, but are rare. Although Argentina is a Spanish-speaking country, it is also composed of other varied European influences, such as Italian, French, Russian, German, etc. Children typically use their fathers' last names only.
Psych actor James Rodriguez adopted the stage name James Roday after losing out on two big roles because of his Mexican last name, but he proudly changed it back in 2020.View Entire Post ›
Katr67 ( talk) 02:36, 20 March 2008 (UTC) IMO, if a name originates in a language other than English and is pronounced "regularly" according to the spelling conventions of that language, it should not be included. That covers Coquille, Llanelli, Dun Laoghaire, Kiribati, etc, which should be excluded.
Let's be honest: Some words are really hard to pronounce. So some Redditors set out to determine the most difficult words to pronounce in the English language. You ready? After more than 5,000 ...