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    Wanting to make my child’s name to be pronounced the way I intend without being a Karen

    @berniceann Where have we gotten that politely correcting someone is being a Karen? Or do you refuse to be polite about it for some reason? I don't think I'm getting the problem here. This is how to do it: "Oh, her name is actually pronounced Carolina". Don't shriek. Don't immediately...
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    Wanting to make my child’s name to be pronounced the way I intend without being a Karen

    @nibbana I'm sorry, people who immediately jump to "must be an ignorant tragedeigh name" rather than "I've never heard of that name, I wonder where it's from" ARE racist and/or classist. That's a great litmus test, actually! That's what I'm pointing out. The fact that your first thought (and...
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    Wanting to make my child’s name to be pronounced the way I intend without being a Karen

    @nibbana I'm from the US, too. You stated that spelling it with a K would make you think they were trying to be "uneeqgh" which is a rude way to say that someone shouldn't spell it that way, because it's not a real name. But Karolina is, in fact, a very normal name if you have any family from...
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    Wanting to make my child’s name to be pronounced the way I intend without being a Karen

    @nibbana You wouldn't assume it was someone who was from one of the many countries that spell it Karolina??? This is the name nerds subreddit. Might want to start doing a little research about names before making statements like this. Makes you seem pretty ignorant.
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    Boy names with a V

    @rockymidnight1 I haven't seen these suggestions yet...it includes some *long* shots. Raven Silvan/Sylvan/Silvano/Silvio/Sylvius etc (means forest) Ivory Zev (means wolf) Valerian (a plant) Grover (grove of trees) Rover (someone who walks/wanders) Denver could work as an...
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    Second child name suggestions for mispronounced surname

    @ionna Girls: Arden, Ruth, Lyric Boys: Garrett, Orson, Casper
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