English YouTuber Lucy Earl, who created a channel titled English with Lucy, has explained how to correctly say 10 boys’ names that are very commonly mispronounced.
In her video, Earl explains how some names can be pronounced in a variety of ways, often leading the most common pronunciation to be the assumed, when in actuality some are pronounced entirely differently.
A summary of the names Earl explains in her video are as follows:
1. Joaquin
Who-A-keen or WA-keen
2. Sean
Shawn
3. Stephen
Stef-en or Steve-en
4. Elias
EH-lias or Eh-LI-as or Eh-LEE-as
5. Xander
Zan-der (short for Alexander)
6. Xavier
Ksa-vee-eh or Za-vee-eh
7. Noel
Nowl
8. Eoghan
Oh-in
9. Louis
Loo-iss or Loo-ee
10. Jaden
Jay-den
You can watch Lucy’s full explanations behind each name in her video below:
The English With Lucy channel now boasts more than 785,000 subscribers from around the world.
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