Villagers with hard-to-pronounce names?

[Charlise]

What are some villagers with some weird names? The only one I can think of is Merengue.
Apparently, her name is pronounced [mayr-en-gay]
I alway thought it was [mer-oo-nge]

 

[Fitolink]

lol merengue is a spanish word so I don't have problem with that one.

Skye, I don't really know how to pronounce it, I always say SKY, but I'm not really sure since english is not my native lenguage.

 

[Becca617]

I was a little iffy on Merengue at first.

 

[deerteeth]

What are some villagers with some weird names? The only one I can think of is Merengue.
Apparently, her name is pronounced [mayr-en-gay]
I alway thought it was [mer-oo-nge]

Really?? I thought her name was pronounced like the dessert meringue, because she's a shortcake.
I did always wonder why her name wasn't spelled Meringue. I'm kind of disappointed now.

As for names, I pronounce Shari "sharr-e" but I've heard people pronounce it "share-e" in videos, and my ex's mom's name was spelled that way and it was pronounced "share-e". I always say "sharr-e" though and I like it better for her.

 

[ConChistes212]

Yeah Merengue was easy for me cuz Spanish is my first language! Um i actually had a hard time pronouncing Monique's name. I kept calling her Monica. XD

 

[watercolorwish]

wow i thought you pronounced it merang...

also chevre

 

[Xara]

lmao still can't pronounce Merengue

 

[namiieco]

I use to think beau was pronounced bee-you not bow lmao

 

[Altarium]

Yeah, Merengue is not a problem for me since I'm fluent in Spanish. I still don't know if I pronounce Skye and Cyrano correctly.

 

[Buttonsy]

Deirdre's name was hard for me to pronounce first (dee-dra) because of the silent R sound, and I'm still not entirely sure how to pronounce Rasher, it looks straight-forward but I've heard people say it different than how I would say it based on the spelling so...

 

[Greggy]

Villagers with French names like Jacques, Hippeaux, and Cousteau are hard to pronounce for me. That's why I'm practicing my French, to improve my pronunciation of French words and names.

 

[visibleghost]

phoebe. i always pronounced it as "fobe", but my mom said that that name is pronounced "feeb" or something like that )::: rip

also beau...... i think it's pronounced "buhh" but i usually pronounce all the letters in his name lmao

 

[AquaStrudel]

I'm learning so many things from this thread I've been pronouncing Beau, Deirdre, and Merengue wrong this whole time lmao

 

[Charlise]

I'm learning so many things from this thread I've been pronouncing Beau, Deirdre, and Merengue wrong this whole time lmao

I thought Deirdre was [dee-air-dray]

 

[Altarium]

phoebe. i always pronounced it as "fobe", but my mom said that that name is pronounced "feeb" or something like that )::: rip

also beau...... i think it's pronounced "buhh" but i usually pronounce all the letters in his name lmao

Yeah, Phoebe is a bit hard. It's actually "feebee" because it's a play on phoenix ^^. And for Beau I just say "bow", close enough

 

[LunaLight]

I would always pronounce Merengue as "Mer-ang-oo" and Beau as "Bew", lol. But apparently it's "Mer-ang" and "Bo".

 

[Licorice]

Not really. They're all pretty straight forward.

 

[Charlise]

Not really. They're all pretty straight forward.

*cough*merengue, beau, deirdre, shari, pekoe, etc.*cough*

 

[Skynetz]

Deirdre gave me a little trouble at first.

I say it like de-uh-druh with less stress on the 'uh'

 

[Corrie]

Wait what, Merengue isn't prounouced like the dessert?? Wow, I feel like an idiot. XD

I also thought Deirdre was deer-dre.