Yes you and if you don't answer her I will tell her how I pronounce it and I know you don't like it that way!
danigirl0
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ahh, you crazy girls! has this been an issue already?!!
mrswask
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Don't make me start mispronouncing your last name, you pregnant witch!!!
danigirl0
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uh oh!!!
you dont have to share, im sorry!
is it jewish? it just LOOKS so pretty, i wanted to say it correctly when i read it!
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Dani - Me or Mi (as in Micky) - chal( short a) (emphasis on the second syllable - with the 'ch' sound that Jewish people can make.
Since most people can't do that - Mi - cal (short a) is acceptable
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so, to break it down further, so i understand, it sounds like
mee-KAHL?
or
Mih (ih, like in fish)- KAHL?
danigirl0
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its beautiful! i am jewish too...i SO dont have a jewish name, but my marriage license says faygel, so no worries!! ( :
mrswask
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Thanks Dani - yes - it's Hebrew - Shorty - looks like you've got it right except you have to do that'CH' jewish clearing your throat sound!
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Don't make me start mispronouncing your last name, you pregnant witch!!!
Hey that's Madam pregnant witch to you!!!
Shorty McBride
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Thanks Dani - yes - it's Hebrew - Shorty - looks like you've got it right except you have to do that'CH' jewish clearing your throat sound!
which one is right? top or bottom one?
Shorty McBride
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thanks for sharing - I'm sure you get it all the time.
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Don't make me come pick you up in the am-broom-lance swags!
We can have a name pronunciation lesson at the GTG!
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Thanks Dani - yes - it's Hebrew - Shorty - looks like you've got it right except you have to do that'CH' jewish clearing your throat sound!
There is not one good way of writing out that sound phonetically!
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Shorty - either or - my Israeli relatives typically emphasize the first syllable (Mee)
Shorty McBride
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its like a hhhhkh - I performed the Chichester Psalm in college - lots of that sound in there!
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Thanks Dani - yes - it's Hebrew - Shorty - looks like you've got it right except you have to do that'CH' jewish clearing your throat sound!
There is not one good way of writing out that sound phonetically!
Tell me about it Jackie!
danigirl0
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the funny thing, to me anyway, is that i thought it was either what it actually is, which i love, or prnounced as michael, which i love. im dani, so i have a soft spot for boys names for girls. ( :
anyway, thanks for sharing, i know whats its like to explain a name your whole life!!
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its like a hhhhkh
It's like the beginning of 'Chanukah'...when it's pronounced properly