Share

Having a non-traditionalnameoften means that people are going to mispronounce it.

Much will depend on the difficulty of their name and their history with its pronunciation.

Consequently, they begin to shy away from their language, culture, and families.

Article image

Dr. Jannot says that ideally children should advocate for their name to be pronounced correctly.

However, this can depend on a few factors.

Second, how approachable the teacher is believed to be by the student.

Child video chatting with a teacher on a laptop, discussing name pronunciation issues.

And finally, the extent to which the student finds it annoying or upsetting.

They can role-play this at the beginning of each school year and anticipate ways to respond, she advised.

I believe most teachers are making inadvertent mistakes or lack familiarity with the name.

Text discussing a father’s effort to correct teacher on daughter’s name pronunciation.

Ideally, a teacher would inquire if they have said the name correctly and get validation or corrective feedback.

They often do this by making use of Google and taking notes.

Another strategy is to make note of what the name sounds like.

Text image about a teacher mispronouncing the name Keeley as Kelly.

For example, the father of flow theory in psychology is Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

Check out the results:

Text discussing a dad’s request for the correct pronunciation of his daughter’s name by a teacher.

Text excerpt about a teacher refusing to pronounce a daughter’s name correctly.

Text discussing a father’s effort to correct daughter’s name pronunciation by a teacher, who refuses to comply.

Text discussing a father’s request for correct pronunciation of his daughter’s name, emphasizing future impacts.

Father looks frustrated while thinking, related to daughter’s name pronunciation issue with teacher.

Text highlighting a dad asking teacher to pronounce daughter’s name correctly.

Text excerpt about a dad asking a teacher to pronounce his daughter’s name correctly.

Text message from dad advocating correct pronunciation of daughter’s name, Keeley, to teacher.

Email text about a parent-teacher conference invitation with the vice principal.

Text about a dad asking a teacher to pronounce his daughter’s name correctly.

Text from a dad about being surprised by a meeting casting blame.

Text discussing a parent questioning if they should insist on correct pronunciation of their daughter’s name by her teacher.

Girl sitting at a desk in a classroom, looking at a book, symbolizing a teacher pronouncing names incorrectly.

Teacher assisting a student in a classroom setting, focused on proper name pronunciation.

User comments about a teacher mispronouncing a daughter’s name, leading to humorous exchanges.

Reddit comment supporting a dad correcting a teacher on daughter’s name pronunciation.

Reddit comment addressing a teacher’s refusal to pronounce a daughter’s name correctly.

Comment discussing the correct pronunciation of a name and the teacher’s refusal.

Text comment about a teacher refusing to pronounce a daughter’s name correctly.

Reddit comment discussing a teacher refusing to pronounce a student’s name correctly, calling it mental abuse.

Comment addressing teacher’s refusal to pronounce student’s name correctly.

Text exchange discussing teacher’s refusal to pronounce a student’s name correctly despite reminders.

Comment on teaching daughter to insist on correct name pronunciation.

Comment about a dad supporting his daughter in correcting her name pronunciation with a teacher.

Comment discussing name pronunciation and lifelong correction challenges, referencing dad’s request to teacher.

Comment criticizing unique name pronunciation in online forum discussion.

Comment criticizing a dad for being upset over mispronunciation of daughter’s name.

Text discussing teacher’s challenge with pronouncing daughter’s name correctly.

Comment criticizing a dad’s approach to daughter’s name pronunciation issue with teacher.