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How have people mispronounced your name? How is it supposed to sound?
Submitted by Lorie.
Oh, man. How haven't they mispronounced it?!
It's Marielle. And it's French. So - mah-ree-ell, right? No big deal. It's really not that difficult.
Apparently it is a big deal, because over the years I've grown accustomed to responding to:
Mary-Ell (most common, to the point where I ignore it)
Mary-Lee (makes me cringe and want to hurt people)
Mary-Ellie (apparently many Americans have not heard of the "silent E")
Ma-Relly (WTF?)
Maribel (pretty name, but not my name)
And a laundry list of other "M" names - Miriam, Maryellen, Marcelle, Marisela, Maryann, Marietta, Marlene. And then there's my other name: "Don't you have a nickname?"
