'Strangers keep telling me I'm pronouncing my own daughter's name wrong'

While some parents know what they're going to name their child before it's even conceived, others spend the full nine months mulling over monikers. But six months after her daughter's birth, one mum has started to question the name she gave to her daughter - not because she doesn't like it, but because she can't pronounce it.

Taking to Reddit, she asked: "Are we pronouncing our daughter's name wrong?" She went on to explain how she named her daughter Madeline - and has been pronouncing it like Mad'uh'Lynn.

But after hearing her call her daughter's name in public, a fair share of strangers have approached her to correct her on the pronunciation.

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She added: "We have had a few strangers ask her name and we have been told we are pronouncing it wrong. My mother-in-law and brother-in-law also refuse to use our pronunciation and refer to her as Mad-uh-line.

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"We never get upset if we are at the doctor and they call her name using the 'line' pronunciation, because it isn’t that serious to us. However, family members refusing to call her by her name is a bit frustrating. So I ask the most honest group on the internet, are we pronouncing it wrong?"

In response, one user said: "Both are considered accepted pronunciations, however, if you've told your family that you prefer the -Lynn pronunciation and they refuse to listen, they're being a***holes." Another user added: "I knew someone named Madeline whose mother pronounced it one way and father said it the other. It would have driven me bananas but she didn't seem to care. In my experience (in the US) both are normal pronunciations."

A third user said: "Jacqueline would like a word with your family members." One more user added: "Yes you are incorrect in pronunciation. Don't feel too bad, it happens to the best of us."

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