It's confusing at first when names aren't really pronounced how they're spelled, like Sean, Leonard or Juan... amirite?

I used to think "Erica" was pronounced like "eh-REEK-uh." I still think that that sounds like it could be a name.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My last name is 6 letters long and only has one vowel. I couldn't even begin to pronounce it phonetically. Damn you Slavic heritage.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Is it Svrcek?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

SAME HERE DEAR GOD except i'm pretty sure I've a welsh last name. and 11 letters. still a lack of vowels though and even I'm not sure how to pronounce it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

people have the opposite problem with my first name, four vowels & one consonant. It's always interesting hearing people's attempts at pronouncing it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Louis from One Direction.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My friend who is a "Directioner" was wearing an "I love Louis" bracelet today, and I said "oh, is Louis your favorite?" without thinking that Louis is pronounced Louie, and she actually got pretty offended. Inb4 cool story bro, tell it again.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, I've seen people get offended. I do love One Direction but it's not like other people should automatically KNOW how to pronounce their names. I'm annoyed that I'm downvoted, my comment was relevant.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Juan is pronounced how it's spelled. It's a Spanish name so it follows Spanish phonetics.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't even know how this person thinks it could be pronounced in English terms. Joo-an?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Aren't J's supposed to sound like H's

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My name is Leonard. Even i'm not sure whether it is suppost to be lee-oh-nard or le-nard. I goes either way I guess

by Anonymous 12 years ago

When I started reading Harry Potter when I was little, I thought that Seamus was pronounced See-mus.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Holy shit. I never even realized that

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It isn't? Wow I've been pronouncing it that my whole life

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wait, how is it supposed to be pronounced?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

@LittleRed, it's said like Shay-mus

by Anonymous 12 years ago

seen, leo-nard, and jawaun.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Really? I'd say they were Shawn, Len-nard and Huan.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I used to think Niall was pronounced Neil. and Erin was "eeee-rin" and Rhys was pronounced "rice"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I thought it was pronounced like "Nee-all." I assume It's pronounced like "Nile?"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My name is relatively easy to pronounce as long as you know the c is pretty much an s.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My mom thought Penelope was Pen-e-lope for the longest time. I think it's hilarious (but totally understandable).

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wait...then how do you say it?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Pen-eh-low-pee

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Okay, I was saying it right!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Oh, and Persephone! I thought that was pronounced like Purse- a - fone.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

How is it supposed to be pronounced?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Like purr-se-fon-ee. If that's how you write it haha

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Apparently Aaliyah's quite popular in America but I don't know anyone with that name as I'm English and it's not so well-known here. I thought it was pronounced A-liar for ages, but apparently it's A-lee-uh.

by Anonymous 12 years ago