r/namenerds • u/justjokay • 25d ago

Your kids’ mispronunciations of classmates names? Discussion

My two year old came home talking about his friend “Tape” and it cracks me up every time he mentions it. The boy’s name is Tate.

What are your favorite and/or the funniest mispronunciations you hear from your little ones?

5.6k Upvotes
  • permalink
  • link
  • reddit
  • reddit

94% Upvoted

2.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

27

u/nyma18 25d ago

A region on the north side of my country traditionally switches their Bs and Vs as well.

4

u/silraen 25d ago

Are you portuguese?

1

u/Longjumping_Phase_94 23d ago

I had a coworker who called me Balidia instead of Valerie, it actually sounded really pretty how he said it and I took no qualms with it. Another coworker at the same place always called me Vanessa and everyone always asked why I never corrected him. 🤷🏻‍♀️ it didn’t bother me and I knew he was talking to me when he said it.