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Help with baby name (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by TheDagda@lemmy.world to c/parenting@lemmy.world

We have our first baby on the way. My wife and I love the name 'Violet', pronounced 'Vi-let' but she would like to spell it as 'Violette' instead.

I fear that people would pronounce it 'Vee-o-let' instead of 'Vi-let' and the child would be subject to a lifetime of correcting people. My wife thinks that because we can speak French we know 'Vee-o-let' but most people will still say 'Vi-let'

Thoughts?

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[-] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 3 months ago

Way more likely to be pronounced veye-oh-let or veyelet than vee-oh-let if you’re in the US.

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