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OKAY. How would you pronounce this child's name?

Le-a (written just like that)


Leah?? NO




Lee - A?? NOPE




Lay - a?? NO




Lei?? Guess Again




It's pronounced 'Ledasha'. Oh yes ... you read it right.

This child attends a school in Livingston Parish, LA. Her mother is irate because everyone is getting her name wrong.

SO, if you see something come across your desk like this, please remember to pronounce it correctly.

When the mother was asked about the pronunciation of the name, she said, 'The dash don't be silent.'

I checked out this story on snopes.com and the current status is "undetermined."
 
Things that make homo sapiens one... I won't doubt if she used this [*] on her other kid. :stickout

Can I just slap myself now? No way. But that's quite a funny idiosyncrasy of parenthood.
 
I was so shy in grade school and every damn teacher mispronounced my name the first time they said it..what's so damn hard about Melanie? Especially if you are an educated teacher..gesh
 
I have a pal on faculty that was misnamed... not mispronounced, but misnamed 30 times so far by some of biggest scientists of their area of expertise in Europe. So yeah I saw everything.
 
That mother needs to learn to speak and spell things properly.I can't believe she is getting mad over this.Some people,I swear.
 
yeah man my klingon name is not that hard to pronounce either i mean kRFk`-tuk is that really hard to say? i mean god fuckin' damn americans are uncultured morons !!111111
 
I feel bad for that kid, considering my name is Mairead and 99.9% of people that read it fuck it up. I mean, I'm all for unique names. In my opinion, the point of a name is so you can differentiate yourself from others. When your name is John along with millions of other people, it kind of defeats the point of having a name. In that situation, you may as well just have a number.

But it's the mothers fault for naming her kid that. She has no right to be upset.
 
I just don't see why she has to pitch a fit about it,just tell the person calmly how to pronounce it and leave it at that.It's not a big deal.Many times in school teachers mispronounced somebody's name and we didn't have all this fuss about it.People don't know how to say my name and I don't even care they can call me Brianne,Brianna,Bree,Bee I really don't care,I had a guy calling me Pam for awhile,I really could not care less as long as it isn't something mean.Heck my Bus driver was calling me Happy Meal for awhile and I just went along with it.I mean really just let it go lady.
 
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I'm sure I will be called a racist for saying this, but african american's come up with the most ridiculoes names. Sunshyne? thats not even spelled right. Taneesha, kameeqwa, Shithead its pronouced shi-theed but spelled shit head! No joke my mom worked at a hospital as a receptionist and a colered women named hew daughter....get this.... Vagina! NO joke...VAGINA! Where do we draw the line. I mean could I have a child and name it "myuncleisacrossdresser" or name it "hitlerisgod" how bout " flippidyfloppidyfloop"
 
What this boils down to is that some people are quite simply stupid. Poor kid. The mother sounds like a real rocket scientist.
 
Drew70 said:
OKAY. How would you pronounce this child's name?

Le-a (written just like that)

Leah?? NO

Lee - A?? NOPE

Lay - a?? NO

Lei?? Guess Again

It's pronounced 'Ledasha'. Oh yes ... you read it right.

This child attends a school in Livingston Parish, LA. Her mother is irate because everyone is getting her name wrong.

SO, if you see something come across your desk like this, please remember to pronounce it correctly.

When the mother was asked about the pronunciation of the name, she said, 'The dash don't be silent.'

I checked out this story on snopes.com and the current status is "undetermined."
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I went to snopes and read that story. It sounds like something made up by some klanner to attack blacks, especially given that the location and even the story content keeps changing just like every other urban legend.
 
mikepd said:
I'm sure I will be called a racist for saying this, but african american's come up with the most ridiculoes names. Sunshyne? thats not even spelled right. Taneesha, kameeqwa, Shithead its pronouced shi-theed but spelled shit head! No joke my mom worked at a hospital as a receptionist and a colered women named hew daughter....get this.... Vagina! NO joke...VAGINA! Where do we draw the line. I mean could I have a child and name it "myuncleisacrossdresser" or name it "hitlerisgod" how bout " flippidyfloppidyfloop"
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no,I take it as more of an observation that I made ages ago;but that hospital story is just crazy.You're right though some will see it as racism *sighs* what can you do about it.Someone will always have some ''criticism'' for you.I am used to it,I got a lot of it throughout school
 
Well when you say African Americans as a whole, that comes off as a little racist. Obviously not all of them are naming their kids retarded names and white people are perfectly capable of doing the same. There is some celebrity couple that named their kid Pilot Inspektor.
 
AnnieHall said:
Well when you say African Americans as a whole, that comes off as a little racist. Obviously not all of them are naming their kids retarded names and white people are perfectly capable of doing the same. There is some celebrity couple that named their kid Pilot Inspektor.
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I really don't think the names are retarded Annie I just think they are uum odd,eccentric and on top of that I don't see her(the mother's) behavior as being reasonable.People misread things and mispronounce names all the time.Then,why would you name your child Vagina;that's just weird.I guess the parents had some odd sense of humor but,I'm sure the child didn't find it very funny at all.Oh and by the way I know not every African American did not give their child eccentric names......just the ones who always pop up on Maury.
 
Yeah, I wasn't defending the woman in the original post, or any of those who have given their children unfortunate names. I just think making sweeping generalizations about an entire race of people is the definition of racism.
 
AnnieHall said:
Yeah, I wasn't defending the woman in the original post, or any of those who have given their children unfortunate names. I just think making sweeping generalizations about an entire race of people is the definition of racism.
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The definition of racism is:

–noun
1.a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
2.a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.
3.hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Racism
 
mikepd said:
I'm sure I will be called a racist for saying this, but african american's come up with the most ridiculoes names. Sunshyne? thats not even spelled right.
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This is what you're talking about:

http://www.modelmayhem.com/792634

Her real name is Amanda, "Sunshyne" is her stage name. So yeah it's pretty racist to assume African Americans are giving their babies "the most ridiculoes names", especially when there are White Americans giving their babies names like Pilot Inspektor and Audio Science.
 
What's the bid deal? you can legally change your name at 21 or if you're an emancipated minor
 
I was a Senior in High School when the new roster for new band members came in. My teacher asked me for advice on how to pronounce a name.
I looked at it and winced. It was the Yiddish name for ass. I said to him, "How about we ask the kid how he pronouces it?" It turned out the family used a French accent to get around it.

I see him every once in awhile in town. Like me, he still plays his original instrument.

Our family has been here since before the Revolutionary War. Some towns are named, but are spelled wrong. Even a street is named after the family, but the letters are mixed up.
 
Timewarp said:
What's the bid deal? you can legally change your name at 21 or if you're an emancipated minor
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The big deal for me (putting the race issue aside) is that some parents act more like they're naming pets rather than actual people who have to live with their names. A child can be scarred for life by having a name that is ridiculed by other kids, and we all know how cruel some kids can be.

There's at least one country in Europe that has two lists (one for boys, one for girls) of acceptable names for newborns. If you want to name your baby something that's not on the list, you're SOL unless you get granted an exception. It sure cuts down on dumbass parents ruining their kids' lives on a whim.
 
Some white people named their children Adolf Hitler Campbell, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell, and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell, according to this article on Fox News.com.
 
That's f'ed up. So you CAN really name your kid anything you want.
 
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