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karenc (1127.5 days ago)
i think pronouncing it both ways is perfectly fine. it`s nice to have an americanized as well as hungarian version!

MichelleMc(pink!) (1127.8 days ago)
I think calling him Tam is a good compromise if you don`t want his name pronounced 2 different ways....... 10 years ago, my aunt named her son Elijah. They had the name picked out before he was born, and the J in his name was to be pronounced as a soft J, not like the J in jam, but more like how the French pronounce the J sound.......... Anyway, after he was born, my aunt`s SIL started this huge thing insisting that the name Elijah is ONLY pronounced with the hard J. Elijah with a soft J `isn`t a name`, all of a sudden........ Now all of my aunt`s in-laws pronounce Elijah with the hard J, and her husband even does it, too! My aunt says that`s not what she named him, but keeps quiet about it so as to keep the peace. It was totally disrespectful to her as the boy`s mother, so I understand how frustrating it can be to feel like your own child`s name has been changed for you!

gr8scottswife (1128 days ago)
Yep. You better call him Tam. Next time you have a baby, if you can`t decide on the pronunciation, choose another name. My bestfriend wishes she would have heard her husband pronounce her child`s name before she named him because she definitely would have chosen something different. Her son is 9, and to this day her husband`s pronunciation of her son`s name irritates her like fingernails on a chalkboard. His name is Benjamin, but his dad calls him BenJERmin.

his1-n-only (1128.1 days ago)
i agree with RobinG! my sons name is Anthony, his dad calls him Anth, his grama calls him Tony, my dad calls him Antony (without the th sound) and all the kids at his school call him Anfany lol cuz they cant say it right. but he still knows its his name. any way they say it, he still answers to it. im sure growing up tons of people will say his name the wrong way, or just call him something completely different. he`ll still know its for him =)

RobinG (1128.1 days ago)
Actually I dont see anything wrong with you pronouncing it your own ways ~ it is no different then a child who comes from a family that has relatives with a strong accent. Some members will pronounce it differently. Or any different then a nick name or short name ~ if I call my son Daniel and his dad calls him Dan and all other nick names he has he still knew it was Daniel. My niece is Olivia, her mom always called her Livy, bros libby and us Liv or Olivia and she still knew her real name even though those names were said to her from birth. My sisters MIL has a strong accent and she always said the names different and it never confused the the boys. My neighbor speaks spanish most of the time, how she says her sons name is very different then others and he doesnt get confused. He will know his name and `both` will be his name and it will not be confusing ~ you and DH just need to agree that you both will say it how you like to ~ but that is just my opinion :) I dont see it as a concern at all ~



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