I saw something about this the other day, but I forget exactly where. They spoke about two famous people, both with given name "Craig" where one was British and the other American. They said that they would deliberately pronounce the name differently for each person in order to reflect that person's preferred pronunciation.
Approximating that within your own accent wasn't mentioned, but I assume that would be acceptable.
Another one that springs to mind is the name "Colin". There was that well-known US politician who insisted that his name was to be pronounced with a long 'o' not a short one, which deviated even from the standard US pronunciation.
If I remember correctly, he insisted that if it was to be pronounced the other way, it should have had two L's in it. Makes me wonder how he spelled/pronounced travel(l)ing.
ChexMax@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Ugh all these American pronunciations are making me feel very stupid. I’m saying kregg out loud and then Crayg and they sound exactly the same.
sanguinepar@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
For me, they are like saying “bread” and “braid” 😁
ChexMax@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That is very helpful! Braid is such a longer sounding word too, even though they’re both just a syllable.
Gumbyyy@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
There’s probably regional differences, like a lot of pronunciations in America. I’m American and the way I say “Craig” is closer to “krayg” than it is to “kregg”.
JandroDelSol@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
how do you pronounce “egg” then?
ChexMax@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Wow. I’m embarrassed to say with a long a sound. I’ve never thought about it. I thought that’s how you say it. Egg. Same vowel sound as cake, or neighbor, or ain’t.
JandroDelSol@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
oh, don’t be embarrassed, dialects and pronunciation differences are cool on valid! I pronounce it like ehgg, but I live like ten minutes from a place where vowels can be pronounced however you like lol