Cabell rhymes with Scrabble.. How didn't I know this?

I'm Sydney like Australia (Not Cindy, Synny, or Syndey!!!) and last name Leibach like Lie Back - yeah got some *hit for that one in high school! lol

I too need to train my brain to pronounce everyone correctly!

I'm Shana, pronounced Shay-na. Why my mother didn't put a Y in there, I'll never know. But I've gotten Sha-na. Shan-na, Shaw-na, Shania, I even had a trainer go so far as to call me Shaniqua once.

Shana, I've been saying it like Shanna.

I've got it all wrong for pretty much everyone.

Oh noooo

That baby is awesome. Cabell, you've always been Ka-Bell to me, and Nicci, you've been knee-see as well. I'd never have gotten nikki in a million years!

And this is why when someone said they wanted to name their daughter alyxandra instead of Alexander, I told her she was f'ing mean! I'm Danielle and 8 out of 10 times, I become daniel.

Unique: Really, just think of the game "Scrabble," and take off the "Scr" part and put in a C, so it's like "Cabble." (I always tell service people at sandwich shops and the like that they should spell my name in whatever fashion they think is most likely to lead the person calling the order to say it right.)

digiscrappy: Yeah... I really don't get the distinction there. To me, "ham" and "apple" have the same vowel sound. But there are a lot of phonemes that are only used in some languages/dialects, so I can imagine that they might sound different to you because you've learned a finer distinction than I have.

Analy: Have you ever heard a song about a mermaid named Annalee or some variation thereof? I swear that it was my favorite when I was little, but I can't find any evidence of it online anywhere! I'd think I'd imagined it, except that my favorite doll was named Annalee after it.

Cabell- was it Ariel in The Little Mermaid?

I had the #1 name in 83 I think...there were always at least 4 other Jennifers in my class. When I asked my mom why she named me this.. "Because I just liked it." LOL.

Sailingnurse: No, it's an old folk song. I want to say I heard it by Peter, Paul & Mary, but I'm really not sure.

I still dont get it. i saw that last night. my last name is Towe. like Tao the club in vegat. i have heard it all. Toe, Toe-ee, Towel, towrre i could go on forever.... instread im going to make a post about last names before and after.

Digi is your name pronounced normally as a form of Tammy thats how I read it. Or is it Ta mee like Tamara is sounded out? Tamar I get as Ta mar since thats my cousins name. My real name is easy but has tons of spellings. Everone gets my last name wrong not my first.

I've been pronouncing it right =0)

I've seen you post about it like eight times though lol.

Maybe I'm just nosey!

I know this woman who named her daughter Rachel.. But they pronounce it like Raquell. How can you spell it one way, but pronounce it different?! It bugs me so bad. The baby is only a year or two old, but I feel so bad for her when she gets to school.

Also- With Tammie's name, you guys might just be saying it right. I know know that where I live, and probably in most southern, or "accented" regions, the A in Tammy is a weird sound. I have a cousin named Tammy.. and everyone pretty much says Tay-um-mee. Except say it really fast, because we don't actually say it in 3 syllables. And I think Tammie is saying that that instead of "tayumee" its "taaaaa(very short A)meee. hahaha I think I just confused MYSELF.

KK has it! It's taaaaa meeee (but not so short that it sounds like Tommy) but most people pronounce it like Tay-um-mee, but with the Tay-um run together so that they're pronounced as one syllable.

shdvl, my formal name is Tamara, but the parentally-bestowed informal name is Tammie. They pronounce it differently than I do - and I hear all sorts of pronunciations from the general public. My parents say Tuh-MARE-uh. I say Tam-er-uh (though I often run it together as Tam-ruh). And I've heard every pronunciation of that, including a middle school principal who pronounced it "Tuh-mar-uh" which led to people taunting me because it sounded like an improperly pronounced tomorrow... and some would sing the song from Annie. *facepalm* But I like to use Tamara for business purposes.

Most times, I just go by Tam now... which rhymes with ham... and is closest to KK's suggest "tay-um," but one syllable.

Yes, I'm complicated.

Ok ok ok... please take no offense but the name cabell for some reason makes me think of the skit on snl more cowbell.... cabell cowbell... I dont know. it is such a unique name and I would never have known how to pronounce it without this post ... but yes when I see the name my mind goes to Will Ferrell

Things that I heard in elementary school:

Cowbell

Campbell's Soup

Kibbles 'n' Bits

Cable TV

Really the only thing that gets me is people trying to make up shortened nicknames for me. The only people in the world allowed to call me "Cabby" are my parents.