Chris PetrilliThis.
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@petrillic I can absolutely say it, and do. I just had zero clue that it was pronounced as it is before I heard it aloud. As someone whose languages understood does not include pronouncing "nc" as "sh", I don't think I can be blamed for that.
@mos_8502 i think it’s more “you can learn how to pronounce names”.
@petrillic My experience has been that no matter how much you want to treat people with the respect they are due, and no matter how much effort you put into it, a very loud squad of social media assholes will criticize you for not doing everything exactly the way they want today. This is a prime example of the sort of thing that bunch latch onto. Not you, obviously, but they exist and annoy the piss out of me.
@mos_8502 absolutely. As someone whose name has been mutilated my entire life, I understand. Some people are, unfortunately , just scolds.
@petrillic My surname is "Cardoza". You would think, being three syllables, all of which appear natively in English, that *nobody* would get it wrong, but here is a brief list of wrongs I get semi-regularly:
- Cordova
- Cardoba
- Cardova
- Cordoba
- Cardozo
- Cardotha (?!)
@mos_8502 I assume the last one is someone attempting to sound Catalonian.
Laura@petrillic @mos_8502 Don't know about Catalan, but in Castilian "z" is often pronounced as "th" (e.g. González has two "th" sounds).
Chuck@lauravivanco @petrillic @mos_8502 I have a close friend who grew up native in that part of Spain, and that's the exact pronunciation I'd expect from her for that Spanish surname. People who don't speak any of it don't realize the accents vary just as much as English.
My Spanish isn't native, and the teacher whose accent I picked up the most of was Argentinian. That accent next to my friend's Castilian is like putting US Georgia next to bogan Aussie, or Cockney. 😆
@ATurnOfTheNut Yes, and although people sometimes talk about a "Spanish" accent, that's not right e.g. an Andaluz accent will drop consonants at the end of a lot of words where Castilian doesn't.
Anyway, in case anyone else is wondering, here's González in a Castilian accent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgP16C12nk0
And here's a Colombian accent (I can't verify that as I'm not sure enough what they're like), which is definitely different - more "s" than "th": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvq6ZLydDeE
González - Pronunciación en español (España)
PeachMcD@mos_8502 @petrillic I used to belong to a FB group for people whose names got misspelled While We Were Spelling Them
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I spelled McDouall
People wrote McDowell, McDougal McDoval... ANYTHING but that many vowels in a row 😂😂
Daniel M. Reck@mos_8502 @petrillic
For what it's worth, my German surname "Reck" is one syllable, also entirely native in English. Mispronunciations I routinely get:
-Peck
-Reek
-Rock
-Wick
-Wrrrhehhh...k? How do you spell that?
My customary response is, "Reck, R-E-C-K, like a train wreck where the W fell off."
I tend to give people credit if they care to make an honest attempt, improve on subsequent attempts, and don't accuse a person of misspelling or mispronouncing their own name.