pronouncing my first name

mollykins | 17:09 Wed 27th Jan 2010 | Phrases & Sayings

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i think my parents pronounce my first name wrong, so when ever people read my name out, the o is heard more than when my family or i say it.

but i think that if i had never seen or heard the name before and i had to read it out, i would like people who don't know me say it.

is that odd, without acually saying what my name is.

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mollykins

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Fred they can't, nicola is the easiest way of spelling it and i've had every variation possible.

Nikola Nickola Nichola Nicholah Nickolah Nikolah Nicolah.

mollykins

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Sara can be pronounced

Sah-ra
or
Sair-ra

R1Geezer

I have a mate who's wife is Nicola and h calls her nickla! Just call yourself Nikki then there'll be no doubt!

mollykins

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some people do,

keithlbw

Easy this one.....
The corrct pronunciation is the way your parents say it....it was them who named you.

keithlbw

*correct
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think thats the first time I have had to correct correct...!!!!

mollykins

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But , like i said, if i'd never seen or heard the name i would say Nic-cola because of standard english pronounciation of words with a vowel at the end withonly one consonant before it. (if that make sense)

Quizmonster

Re words ending with one consonant and a vowel, the country, Canada, is pronounced CANada, not CaNAda and - as for three-syllable girls' names such as your own - Erica is pronounced ERica, not ErIca, and Angela is pronounced ANgela, not AnGELa.
Similarly, the "standard" pronunciation of Nicola is NICola, not NiCOla. However, as others have said above, you are perfectly free to pronounce it however you want to. Why not go for something completely different...NicoLA?

mollykins

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I supose so, but cola as in coke is pronounced how some people say my name

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mollykins

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yes, hello

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Alice

Interesting comments, my sister's name is Greta and the pronunciation by others is about 50:50 Greeta vs Gretah. It was intended to be the former, which is how the family pronounce it. (I was always taught at school that a vowel at the end of a word after a single consonant makes the middle vowel say it's own name, which is why I find it unbvelievably irritating when people say sconns instead of scones!) Anyway back to Greta, she's completely unfazed by it all and answers to both.

mollykins

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don't get me started on scones.