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Old 01-05-2004, 01:51 PM
SummerChild SummerChild is offline
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Try This One

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Originally posted by btb87
Thanks, Soror!

And that's how we pronounce it - with the emphasis on the 2nd syllable. Maybe if we had gone with "Hadiya" it would have been easier. At least I don't think anyone would have called her Ada.

Believe it or not, we also have problems with "Jade". We hear "Jay?" "Jane?" So she's gotten to where if someone asks that she says "Jade" (with much emphasis on that "D"!).
Soror, that is so weird. Some people. Well, at least your daughter corrects them and makes sure that they get it right.
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