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Help with baby name (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by TheDagda@lemmy.world to c/parenting@lemmy.world

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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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[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

I understand wanting to keep it the same.

What even is the motivation behind wanting the odd spelling? To be different?

I would probably pronounce both names the same way but much prefer the standard spelling. Probably bc of the symmetry, three letters each sounding out a syllable.