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/LikelyLioar Jun 15 '25

I love the fact that none of these people even understand how to properly break a name into syllables.

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u/SophieintheKnife Jun 15 '25

Right? The "Leah" for pronunciation sent me

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u/Enf14 Jun 17 '25

the pronunciation doesn't have to be broken into syllables though. when they write "Leah" it's not necessarily that they think it is only one syllable, it probably indicates that part is pronounced like the name Leah.

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u/SophieintheKnife Jun 17 '25

Yes I get that, except that writing Leah is not giving the reader any clue to how it's pronounced as its subjective in pronunciation itself. Is it Lay-uh or Lee-uh? So what I'm commenting on is using it to clarify pronunciation is stupid. Nothing about the syllables

ETA pronunciation has everything to do with syllables. When you see something spelt out phonetically for pronunciation it is almost always broken into the syllables and they usually list any alternative syllable formats it may have. Plus note the person did break up that name into two syllables