Mispronouncing Student’s Name Now a ‘Microaggression’

[Curious Cdn]

Isn't "hoyk" the limey pronunciation of the English word "hike"?

... or something that you do into a spittoon?

 

[bobnoorduyn]

Isn't "hoyk" the limey pronunciation of the English word "hike"?

No, that's the squid jigger pronunciation b'y.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Nobody ever gets my name right and it's Scottish.

They mispronounce "Scottish?"

Funny name, but not hard to pronounce.

 

[Curious Cdn]

They mispronounce "Scottish?"

Funny name, but not hard to pronounce.

The "ts" are silent!

 

[Blackleaf]

Quote: Originally Posted by JLM Isn't "hoyk" the limey pronunciation of the English word "hike"?

I pronounce "hike" as "hike."
You have to remember that there are myriads of accents and dialects in the UK, and people just ten miles apart can sound almost unintelligible to each other.

 

[Curious Cdn]

I pronounce "hike" as "hike."
You have to remember that there are myriads of accents and dialects in the UK, and people just ten miles apart can sound almost unintelligible to each other.

...i.e. ... babbling idiots wandering about ..

 

[Blackleaf]

...i.e. ... babbling idiots wandering about ..

If I travel from here in Bolton to just ten miles down the road in Manchester, the accents are different. And that's a distance of just ten miles.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

If I travel from here in Bolton to just ten miles down the road in Manchester, the accents are different. And that's a distance of just ten miles.

Well, it's clear all y'all there in Strap-on are pretty inbred.

 

[Blackleaf]

Well, it's clear all y'all there in Strap-on are pretty inbred.

 

[EagleSmack]

Or NHL star Dustin Byfuglien. Last name pronounced as "Bufflin".

Do they call him Buffy?

Canadian hockey players tend to add a "y" to everyone's name.

 

[Corduroy]

Teachers should learn how to pronounce their students' names. If you work in a multicultural environment, make the effort to listen to how people say their names.

 

[Danbones]

...or set a good example and ask them politely how to
I have seen it done
Then the whole class is saved from the danger of committing a gigantic world ending fo pah

 

[EagleSmack]

Teachers should learn how to pronounce their students' names. If you work in a multicultural environment, make the effort to listen to how people say their names.

You must have went to one of those rural schools.

 

[Danbones]

At least that's a step up from being home schooled out behind the shed though innit?

 

[EagleSmack]

At least that's a step up from being home schooled out behind the shed though innit?

I wouldn't know. I've never even heard of anyone being home schooled behind a shed.

Maybe you could explain what it was like to be schooled like that.

 

[Danbones]

You are the expert and we have discussed your education before
I suppose the pills are kicking in though so we forgive your lapse

 

[EagleSmack]

You are the expert and we have discussed your education before
I suppose the pills are kicking in though so we forgive your lapse

So are you going to tell us what it was like to be home schooled behind a shed or not?

 

[Corduroy]

...or set a good example and ask them politely how to
I have seen it done
Then the whole class is saved from the danger of committing a gigantic world ending fo pah

You laugh now, but mispronouncing a name could have world ending implications. What if your school was on a hellmouth and instead of saying a student's name you say the name of a demon, thereby summoning it?

 

[Danbones]

If you saw the nuns that taught at my old school, you would not have said that.
All the demons that got summoned there skipped out the nearest open window, and went straight to the pool hall down on Main Street for red hot women and Ice cold beer...

Must have been quite a change for them too
certainly an education

 

[selfsame]

If pronouncing the name of the student is deliberately and for ridiculing .. it is bad, but if not deliberately, it is not.
The teacher should also be respected and honored by the students, as do they respect their fathers.
Anyhow, it is certainly a grave aggression and not only a micro one; if it is deliberately and for ridiculing and mockery.