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I'm a 20 year school person, so I found this hilarious. Hope y'all will too!



How would you pronounce this child's name: "Le-a"

Leah?? NO

Lee - A?? NOPE

Lay - a?? NO

Lei?? Guess Again.

It's pronounced "Ledasha" Oh yes...you read it right.

This child attends a school in Livingston Parish, LA. Her mother is

irate because everyone is getting her name wrong. SO, if you see

something come across your desk like this please remember to

pronounce it correctly. When the mother was asked about the

pronunciation of the name, she said "the dash don't be silent."

epresley wrote:I'm a 20 year school person, so I found this hilarious. Hope y'all will too!



How would you pronounce this child's name: "Le-a"

Leah?? NO

Lee - A?? NOPE

Lay - a?? NO

Lei?? Guess Again.

It's pronounced "Ledasha" Oh yes...you read it right.

This child attends a school in Livingston Parish, LA. Her mother is

irate because everyone is getting her name wrong. SO, if you see

something come across your desk like this please remember to

pronounce it correctly. When the mother was asked about the

pronunciation of the name, she said "the dash don't be silent."

It's French!!!

Hmm... so by that reasoning you could name your kid F#&k. Just pronounced Phpoundampersandk.

epresley wrote:I'm a 20 year school person, so I found this hilarious. Hope y'all will too!



How would you pronounce this child's name: "Le-a"

Leah?? NO

Lee - A?? NOPE

Lay - a?? NO

Lei?? Guess Again.

It's pronounced "Ledasha" Oh yes...you read it right.

This child attends a school in Livingston Parish, LA. Her mother is

irate because everyone is getting her name wrong. SO, if you see

something come across your desk like this please remember to

pronounce it correctly. When the mother was asked about the

pronunciation of the name, she said "the dash don't be silent."

This is a real problem for teachers. When we call roll we get all kinds of spelling. The parents need to understand if you name your child an untraditional name, no one is going to pronounce it right till they learn it. You have 30 students to a room. Many with unusual names. You may have 5 periods a day with 30 students per class. The classes may change every year. You remember all those names, it isn't easy.

Whatever happened to good old fashioned names? Some of these names parents give their kids I wouldn't even name my pet.
"The dash don't be silent"???? Sounds like mom needs to go back to school herself and learn how to speak AMERICAN ENGLISH.

I've seen a lot of odd names over the years dealing with information data bases. I remember one - the Parry family; Lawrence and Marion, and their kids Harold, Barry, Terence and Sarah. And yes, they refered to themselves as Larry Parry, Mari Parry, Harry Parry, Barry Parry, Terry Parry and Sari Parry. Kid you not.

Also came across Fabian Legume Peabody. Which is even funnier when you know that 'Fabian' is latin for 'bean grower'.

Ill put that name in my dictionary im compileing

Two names that I honestly saw on a customer list about a month ago and yes I write this stuff down when I see it... Buzz Fly and Mubashar Butt.

I'll let Mubashar go (at least he didn't get named Harry Butt, or Hugh G. Butt) but BUZZ FLY?

Even if that's a nickname, why would anyone do that.

I knew someone whose neighbor was a 5th grade teacher and she had some name stories. The two I remember were a girl named "Female" (pronounced Fe-mah-lay)... and a boy named Vagina. Don't know if that was pronounced different but at that point, it doesn't really matter how you say it.

artist4perry wrote:

epresley wrote:I'm a 20 year school person, so I found this hilarious. Hope y'all will too!



How would you pronounce this child's name: "Le-a"

Leah?? NO

Lee - A?? NOPE

Lay - a?? NO

Lei?? Guess Again.

It's pronounced "Ledasha" Oh yes...you read it right.

This child attends a school in Livingston Parish, LA. Her mother is

irate because everyone is getting her name wrong. SO, if you see

something come across your desk like this please remember to

pronounce it correctly. When the mother was asked about the

pronunciation of the name, she said "the dash don't be silent."

This is a real problem for teachers. When we call roll we get all kinds of spelling. The parents need to understand if you name your child an untraditional name, no one is going to pronounce it right till they learn it. You have 30 students to a room. Many with unusual names. You may have 5 periods a day with 30 students per class. The classes may change every year. You remember all those names, it isn't easy.

My first name is very easy, but that didn't help the teachers.
Whenever there was a long pause in the roll call, it was me!!!
Surnames can be just as difficult to pronounce and are not easily changed!!
I love unique names.....just not stupid ones!!

Hahaha this thread is cracking me up.. nice work ladies and boys.

Michigan Girl wrote:

artist4perry wrote:

epresley wrote:I'm a 20 year school person, so I found this hilarious. Hope y'all will too!



How would you pronounce this child's name: "Le-a"

Leah?? NO

Lee - A?? NOPE

Lay - a?? NO

Lei?? Guess Again.

It's pronounced "Ledasha" Oh yes...you read it right.

This child attends a school in Livingston Parish, LA. Her mother is

irate because everyone is getting her name wrong. SO, if you see

something come across your desk like this please remember to

pronounce it correctly. When the mother was asked about the

pronunciation of the name, she said "the dash don't be silent."

This is a real problem for teachers. When we call roll we get all kinds of spelling. The parents need to understand if you name your child an untraditional name, no one is going to pronounce it right till they learn it. You have 30 students to a room. Many with unusual names. You may have 5 periods a day with 30 students per class. The classes may change every year. You remember all those names, it isn't easy.

My first name is very easy, but that didn't help the teachers.
Whenever there was a long pause in the roll call, it was me!!!
Surnames can be just as difficult to pronounce and are not easily changed!!
I love unique names.....just not stupid ones!!

How hard can it be to pronounce Michigan, and they call themselves teachers?

Gunbot wrote:

Michigan Girl wrote:

artist4perry wrote:

epresley wrote:I'm a 20 year school person, so I found this hilarious. Hope y'all will too!



How would you pronounce this child's name: "Le-a"

Leah?? NO

Lee - A?? NOPE

Lay - a?? NO

Lei?? Guess Again.

It's pronounced "Ledasha" Oh yes...you read it right.

This child attends a school in Livingston Parish, LA. Her mother is

irate because everyone is getting her name wrong. SO, if you see

something come across your desk like this please remember to

pronounce it correctly. When the mother was asked about the

pronunciation of the name, she said "the dash don't be silent."

This is a real problem for teachers. When we call roll we get all kinds of spelling. The parents need to understand if you name your child an untraditional name, no one is going to pronounce it right till they learn it. You have 30 students to a room. Many with unusual names. You may have 5 periods a day with 30 students per class. The classes may change every year. You remember all those names, it isn't easy.

My first name is very easy, but that didn't help the teachers.
Whenever there was a long pause in the roll call, it was me!!!
Surnames can be just as difficult to pronounce and are not easily changed!!
I love unique names.....just not stupid ones!!

How hard can it be to pronounce Michigan, and they call themselves teachers?

It was the GIRL they had a hard time with!!! Jeez ....no wonder people just call me Jack!!

just call the other half of the females in the US Debbie like the rest of us.

it's sooooo easy.

(Crazy)Dulce Lady wrote:just call the other half of the females in the US Debbie like the rest of us.

it's sooooo easy.

Hey did you hear on that JSS interview on the BBC yesterday, she mentions a fan named Debbie from Bristol.................what do ya think, Deb32? LOL, dude collects Deb fans all over the world.

Deb wrote:

(Crazy)Dulce Lady wrote:just call the other half of the females in the US Debbie like the rest of us.

it's sooooo easy.

Hey did you hear on that JSS interview on the BBC yesterday, she mentions a fan named Debbie from Bristol.................what do ya think, Deb32? LOL, dude collects Deb fans all over the world.

we're irresistable apparently.

Deb wrote:

(Crazy)Dulce Lady wrote:just call the other half of the females in the US Debbie like the rest of us.

it's sooooo easy.

Hey did you hear on that JSS interview on the BBC yesterday, she mentions a fan named Debbie from Bristol.................what do ya think, Deb32? LOL, dude collects Deb fans all over the world.

I guess that's better than collecting cactus plants.

Gunbot wrote:

Deb wrote:

(Crazy)Dulce Lady wrote:just call the other half of the females in the US Debbie like the rest of us.

it's sooooo easy.

Hey did you hear on that JSS interview on the BBC yesterday, she mentions a fan named Debbie from Bristol.................what do ya think, Deb32? LOL, dude collects Deb fans all over the world.

I guess that's better than collecting cactus plants.

Get such a giggle from that pic and the story behind it.

Purrkat wrote:Whatever happened to good old fashioned names? Some of these names parents give their kids I wouldn't even name my pet.
"The dash don't be silent"???? Sounds like mom needs to go back to school herself and learn how to speak AMERICAN ENGLISH.

What makes it even weirder, parents mix names together and expect you to pronounce it. Anfrony, easy. Shereather. Xay, Shadonna, Sharonica, and these are the easy ones! LOL! The parent needs to understand a dash is a symbol not part of a spelling of a name. She should expect that most people would be unfamiliar with how to pronounce it on site. She should not get all put out. But this is what teachers put up with all the time.

I think her mother should sue the school for a cool billion dollars! That's the least we could do for all the trouble we caused that poor child!

G.I.Jim wrote:I think her mother should sue the school for a cool billion dollars! That's the least we could do for all the trouble we caused that poor child!

I've got an even better idea than that...we should all pitch in and build a school just for students with hard-to-pronounce names. That way they wouldn't feel neglected, or ridiculed. They could build it right between the school for homosexual students, and the other school for the fat kids. We'd just have to make sure that we had separate buses pick them up and drop them off...wouldn't want them to get picked on on the bus.

We had a kid in High School named Jay PATUEJSOJIOERONSAEFI (that's not it, but it was equally long and impossible to sound out). Anyway, a sub asked how he pronounced it and he said, very slowly and deliberately, J..A..Y....

We died laughing, so did the sub.

artist4perry wrote:

Purrkat wrote:Whatever happened to good old fashioned names? Some of these names parents give their kids I wouldn't even name my pet.
"The dash don't be silent"???? Sounds like mom needs to go back to school herself and learn how to speak AMERICAN ENGLISH.

What makes it even weirder, parents mix names together and expect you to pronounce it. Anfrony, easy. Shereather. Xay, Shadonna, Sharonica, and these are the easy ones! LOL! The parent needs to understand a dash is a symbol not part of a spelling of a name. She should expect that most people would be unfamiliar with how to pronounce it on site. She should not get all put out. But this is what teachers put up with all the time.

Shereather???

Sounds like something the anesthesiologist uses on you before surgery.

G.I.Jim wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:I think her mother should sue the school for a cool billion dollars! That's the least we could do for all the trouble we caused that poor child!

I've got an even better idea than that...we should all pitch in and build a school just for students with hard-to-pronounce names. That way they wouldn't feel neglected, or ridiculed. They could build it right between the school for homosexual students, and the other school for the fat kids. We'd just have to make sure that we had separate buses pick them up and drop them off...wouldn't want them to get picked on on the bus.

LOL!!
You're one-uping yourself!?

Michigan Girl wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:I think her mother should sue the school for a cool billion dollars! That's the least we could do for all the trouble we caused that poor child!

I've got an even better idea than that...we should all pitch in and build a school just for students with hard-to-pronounce names. That way they wouldn't feel neglected, or ridiculed. They could build it right between the school for homosexual students, and the other school for the fat kids. We'd just have to make sure that we had separate buses pick them up and drop them off...wouldn't want them to get picked on on the bus.

LOL!!
You're one-uping yourself!?

I kick my own ass sometimes too when I'm drunk...THAT has to be seen to be believed!

G.I.Jim wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:I think her mother should sue the school for a cool billion dollars! That's the least we could do for all the trouble we caused that poor child!

I've got an even better idea than that...we should all pitch in and build a school just for students with hard-to-pronounce names. That way they wouldn't feel neglected, or ridiculed. They could build it right between the school for homosexual students, and the other school for the fat kids. We'd just have to make sure that we had separate buses pick them up and drop them off...wouldn't want them to get picked on on the bus.

Are you talking to yourself again?

G.I.Jim wrote:

Michigan Girl wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:I think her mother should sue the school for a cool billion dollars! That's the least we could do for all the trouble we caused that poor child!

I've got an even better idea than that...we should all pitch in and build a school just for students with hard-to-pronounce names. That way they wouldn't feel neglected, or ridiculed. They could build it right between the school for homosexual students, and the other school for the fat kids. We'd just have to make sure that we had separate buses pick them up and drop them off...wouldn't want them to get picked on on the bus.

LOL!!
You're one-uping yourself!?

I kick my own ass sometimes too when I'm drunk...THAT has to be seen to be believed!

epresley wrote:We had a kid in High School named Jay PATUEJSOJIOERONSAEFI (that's not it, but it was equally long and impossible to sound out). Anyway, a sub asked how he pronounced it and he said, very slowly and deliberately, J..A..Y....

We died laughing, so did the sub.

That's cute....wish I would've thought of that!!!

G.I.Jim wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:I think her mother should sue the school for a cool billion dollars! That's the least we could do for all the trouble we caused that poor child!

I've got an even better idea than that...we should all pitch in and build a school just for students with hard-to-pronounce names. That way they wouldn't feel neglected, or ridiculed. They could build it right between the school for homosexual students, and the other school for the fat kids. We'd just have to make sure that we had separate buses pick them up and drop them off...wouldn't want them to get picked on on the bus.

So where would you go if you were a fat homosexual with a unique name?

jrnyman28 wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:I think her mother should sue the school for a cool billion dollars! That's the least we could do for all the trouble we caused that poor child!

I've got an even better idea than that...we should all pitch in and build a school just for students with hard-to-pronounce names. That way they wouldn't feel neglected, or ridiculed. They could build it right between the school for homosexual students, and the other school for the fat kids. We'd just have to make sure that we had separate buses pick them up and drop them off...wouldn't want them to get picked on on the bus.

So where would you go if you were a fat homosexual with a unique name?

Elton John's house?

epresley wrote:

jrnyman28 wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:I think her mother should sue the school for a cool billion dollars! That's the least we could do for all the trouble we caused that poor child!

I've got an even better idea than that...we should all pitch in and build a school just for students with hard-to-pronounce names. That way they wouldn't feel neglected, or ridiculed. They could build it right between the school for homosexual students, and the other school for the fat kids. We'd just have to make sure that we had separate buses pick them up and drop them off...wouldn't want them to get picked on on the bus.

So where would you go if you were a fat homosexual with a unique name?

Elton John's house?

LMAO.....(that was mean)