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ancillaFoveo -> How would you pronounce this name:“Le-a”? (10/29/2008 7:43:46 PM)

i bumped into this on the internet.

How would you pronounce this student’s name: “Le-a”?
Leah? NO
Lee - A?  NOPE
Lay - a?  NO WAY
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.  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.”


The sad part is my mother had a student with a very similar situation.  During the years mom taught at Laurel HS she had a student with a name pronounced Fa-mal-e.  Turns out when the young woman’s mother left the hospital with a new bouncing baby girl, she was given the birth certificate.  Upon inspection the mother thought isn't that nice they named my baby for me.  The certificate read Female followed by the womans last name. 

precious





MarksFantasyGirl -> RE: How would you pronounce this name:“Le-a”? (10/29/2008 8:35:27 PM)

oh, that's just WRONG!!!!  Seriously....   lol



PanthersMom -> RE: How would you pronounce this name:“Le-a”? (10/29/2008 9:26:07 PM)

my aunt worked for the regional transit authority and used to process long term bus passes.  she ran into this more than once.  same story, the woman said the hospital gave her baby that name.  has to be some boys out there named "male"

PM



MadAxeman -> RE: How would you pronounce this name:“Le-a”? (10/29/2008 9:33:11 PM)

I have a friend whose kid has the middle name Brian because the registra couldn't read the badly scrawled Brandon.



djaleksandr -> RE: How would you pronounce this name:“Le-a”? (10/30/2008 4:28:31 AM)

Oh man. *facepalm*



SteelofUtah -> RE: How would you pronounce this name:“Le-a”? (10/30/2008 7:37:41 AM)

I have gone to school with the following childrens names on the books.

Shithead ~~ Pronounced "Shi-Thade" But spells Shit Head
DOG ~~ All Capitals Pronounced "Dee-oh-gee"
Abcde ~~ Pronounced "Ab-ce-dee"
Faggot ~~ Pronounced "Fay-go" We called him Fay Ge got Beat up a LOT!!

And My Favorite And I am DEAD SERIOUS

Erma Dumass  And Yes EVERYONE called her Ima Dumb Ass.

Steel



Monkeyontuesday -> RE: How would you pronounce this name:“Le-a”? (10/30/2008 7:43:11 AM)

lmao, Steel. That reminds me of the commercial -- I don't remember what it's for now -- but there's a young guy in a suit rambling on and on in this interview "Yes, Mr. Dumbass ... Absolutely, Mr. Dumbass" etc etc... Finally, the old man looks at the guy who has this shit-eating grin on his face, and the old man says, "It's pronounced Du-mah!" (Dumas is the nameplate)



Dnomyar -> RE: How would you pronounce this name:“Le-a”? (10/30/2008 7:47:50 AM)

Had a brother in law with the middle name O. In michigan you have to have a middle name. His dad refused to do it hence the O



persephonee -> RE: How would you pronounce this name:“Le-a”? (10/31/2008 4:57:55 AM)

Mandatory middle names....who cares about amending the Constitution??? >Lets start a thread on the legality of mandatory middle names...i, for one, am outraged.



MsStarlett -> RE: How would you pronounce this name:“Le-a”? (10/31/2008 6:03:17 AM)

I liked the twin boys named  Lee-MAN-geel-loe  and Lee-MINE-geel-loe - Spelled Lemonjello and Limejello.

My grandmother went to school with a boy named Isaac Paul Coffee.  He would never tell the teacher's what his name was.  He only went by the initials "I. P." Coffee.



AMaster -> RE: How would you pronounce this name:“Le-a”? (10/31/2008 10:02:20 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: persephonee

Mandatory middle names....who cares about amending the Constitution??? >Lets start a thread on the legality of mandatory middle names...i, for one, am outraged.


Sorry to get off the subject with this, but middle names are not maneatory.  I know many people who do not have middle names, my first wife and here sister amoung them. 



MarksFantasyGirl -> RE: How would you pronounce this name:“Le-a”? (11/2/2008 6:44:51 PM)

My grandmother went to school with someone who's last name was Hogg.. She got to meet the whole family... Ima, Urra, and sheeza.... Yes, those people shoulda been shot...


Edited to add:  I feel bad enough naming my UM Derek... BLACH!!! I hate that name!!  However.. Sweets and I have decided on Names for our future UMs... Porsche, Pixie, and Pheonix.... I thought that were GREAT names... then I remembered his last name starts with a U..... So yes, all of our children will have the initials of P.U.  lmao... ::Shrug:: They won't notice it til they are old enough to hate us anyways... lol



jesiul -> RE: How would you pronounce this name:“Le-a”? (11/5/2008 2:13:08 PM)

I worked at a bank two of our customers were Ben Dover and Eileen Dover



FourQ -> RE: How would you pronounce this name:“Le-a”? (11/5/2008 2:51:47 PM)

Last place I worked we had Christopher P. Bacon.  Always got called Chris-P Bacon, what's worse is that it was at his request.

Can't say where due to the Data Protection Act, but I've seen forms for Tracey Sucks and Sharon Blows, Teresa Green, Theresa Wood, Annette Curtin and Norah Bone.





AquaticSub -> RE: How would you pronounce this name:“Le-a”? (11/5/2008 3:04:49 PM)

It's even on snopes... http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/le-a.asp

and here's the one with "female" http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.asp



thornhappy -> RE: How would you pronounce this name:“Le-a”? (11/5/2008 5:55:17 PM)

Beat me to it!



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