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Pardon my grumpiness, but you know a name is sub-optimal when one references the pronunciation right in the title. Or maybe it's another cutesy pun, or an 'in-g
by BossingAround 5y ago
Pardon my grumpiness, but you know a name is sub-optimal when one references the pronunciation right in the title. Or maybe it's another cutesy pun, or an 'in-group' reference. Those always work out, right? :)
- taneq 5y agoThis is a great rule. It’s right up there with “if you have to spell out your new kid’s name every time, don’t call them that (or at least don’t spell it that way” and “when you write a comment, explain it to your duck, then delete the original and replace it with what you told the duck.”
- simcop2387 5y agoReminds me of the movie, That Thing You Do, with the original band name, The Oneders, or as the record producer asks them, "The Oh-need-ers?".
- aidenn0 5y agoI'm a bit annoyed because I have a daughter whose name was pronounced correctly by everyone when she was young (it was an alternate spelling of a popular name, there was a fairly well known actress with it spelled and pronounced that way). In the past decade though, there's a new name spelled the same way but with a different pronunciation and everyone now says her name wrong... she's taken to going by her middle name now because of how much it annoys her.
- taneq 5y agoUgh, that’s annoying. Not much you could have done about that one. :S
- deegles 5y agoBrings to mind a certain database frequently discussed on HN… ducks
- aidenn0 5y agoIt's an actual word in the English language, so if one were so inclined one could look up the pronunciation in a dictionary.