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Naming your baby after someone in your life can be a significant way to honor your relationship.
Doesnt sound very respectful, does it?
The couple lives in thewomanscountry near her family.
His name is Oisin.
It is of Irishorigin.
It came from the Irish word oss, which meanslittle deer.
According toBabyCenterdata, in2024,the name is in the 938th place for the most popularboysnames.
This means that around 180 in 1 million babies are named Oisin.
Well,theOPssister-in-law wants her son to be one of these 180 babies.Buttheresone problem.
Neither she nor her husband can pronounce the name correctly.
She keeps pronouncing it as Ocean or Osshian.
The name is supposed tobe pronouncedthis wayor,asthe OP spelled it out, Ush-een.
Yet, the SIL still always brushes it off.
A name is animportantpart of a persons identity.
Loreta said she always strives to improve her pronunciation when needed.
While everyone was bewildered by the babys name choice,the couple themselves were stumpedabout another thing.
And he told her that calling him a jerkdoesntmean he is not right in this scenario.
Understandably, people on Reddit agreed.
Some even pointed out thatSILsactions sound likecultural appropriation.This iswhen people of a majority group adopt aminorityscultural elements disrespectfully.
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