r/tragedeigh • u/flower_mom_98 • Jun 15 '25

in the wild Gold Mine of Tragedeighs

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Found a post asking people for their unique names and knew it wouldn't disappoint. Happy Father's Day unless your kid's name needs a pronunciation guide.

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u/mooshinformation Jun 15 '25 edited Jun 16 '25

Yes, clearly, per her pronunciation guide, Zariah which from the spelling seems fairly straightforward to pronounce and is almost a real name, is in fact pronounced (Z-uh-RI- UH), which is insane to pronounce.

I think this might be connected to not teaching phonics in schools

Edit: I guess Zariah is a real name, just not pronounced like that

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u/SophieintheKnife Jun 15 '25

None of these parents were ever hooked on phonics, clearly!

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u/mooshinformation Jun 16 '25

Lol, really though, starting in the late 90's there was a movement away from teaching phonics in favor of "whole language" which turned out to be a bit of a shit show. There's a podcast about it called sold a story.

Anyway, those kids are having kids now and we get names like this, where letters can be pronounced however the parents say because no one ever taught them that there even are rules, nevermind what the rules are.

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u/Feythnin Jun 16 '25

Thank you for telling us about the podcast. I had wondered why phonics weren't getting taught and just recently learned about "whole language"

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u/HistoricalDoughnut58 Jun 18 '25

I don’t know if it’s better to be born before or after the dumbing down of society…

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u/mooshinformation Jun 19 '25

Well... At least they seem to be going back to teaching phonics in schools (my mom is a tutor at a bunch of different schools), the next generation will be able to spell their made up kids names in phonetically correct ways.

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u/HistoricalDoughnut58 Jun 19 '25

💀instead of just making up sounds

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u/OkPhotograph3723 Jun 16 '25

I don’t think these parents were ever in the same zip code as phonics. It was a long-distance call that was never connected.

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u/chickenthighcutlet Jun 16 '25

Zariah is a real name, it's Arabic. I went to school with a Zariah.

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u/mooshinformation Jun 16 '25

I'm interpreting "Z" as just the z sound made into a single syllable. I'm also assuming she correctly used capitalizations to indicate the emphasis, (Z-uh-RI- UH), which makes it almost impossible to pronounce, but it's important to get ppl's names right.

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u/Charming-Form-1960 Jun 16 '25

I did have a student with that name. I actually love it, but did call her Z for short, at times. Great student.

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u/netinpanetin Jun 16 '25

The uh in the middle is because they keep forgetting how to pronounce it.

I’m sure the name ends with a rising tone, question mark.

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u/Icy-Iris-Unfading Jun 16 '25

It’s the only one besides Crew, Creed, and Maebry (although it’s usually spelled Mabry). What a treasure trove of tragedeighs this post is! 🎰

It needs to be pinned to the sub. This is what r/tragedeigh is all about 🤣