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athousanderrors) wrote2017-02-26 12:37 am
athousanderrors) wrote2017-02-26 12:37 am
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energizerbonnie: sapphiredoves: If I mispronounce your name because it is foreign to my tongue,...
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energizerbonnie:
sapphiredoves:
If I mispronounce your name because it is foreign to my tongue, correct me.
I don’t purposefully allow the accents of your name to fall flat on my tongue like the European English demands or the language to sound chopped and misheard.
If I don’t say your name correctly, don’t shrug and say it’s ok because people have been doing it all your life. Your mother worked hard to name you that name, with all its syllables and apostrophes and hyphens and inflection.
I don’t want to disrespect your heritage, your culture, your great grandmother or grandfather and their struggle.
If I mispronounce your name, forgive me, but don’t let it happen again. Make sure everyone knows your name.
What makes me so sad about this post is that people with cultural or non-English names need this post to feel comfortable enough to tell you how to pronounce their name, whereas white people with weird names will immediately snap and say, “No, it’s pronounced _____”.
energizerbonnie:
sapphiredoves:
If I mispronounce your name because it is foreign to my tongue, correct me.
I don’t purposefully allow the accents of your name to fall flat on my tongue like the European English demands or the language to sound chopped and misheard.
If I don’t say your name correctly, don’t shrug and say it’s ok because people have been doing it all your life. Your mother worked hard to name you that name, with all its syllables and apostrophes and hyphens and inflection.
I don’t want to disrespect your heritage, your culture, your great grandmother or grandfather and their struggle.
If I mispronounce your name, forgive me, but don’t let it happen again. Make sure everyone knows your name.
What makes me so sad about this post is that people with cultural or non-English names need this post to feel comfortable enough to tell you how to pronounce their name, whereas white people with weird names will immediately snap and say, “No, it’s pronounced _____”.