It was Shakesphere that said:
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
I don't know about that.
Ryanna has been bringing her papers home from school with just one incorrect thing on it. Her NAME! She has decided that she no longer wants to go by 'Ryanna' and has requested all to call her 'Ryenna' and has labeled her papers so.
This is stemming from years and years of others not pronouncing her name correctly. I understand it is an interesting name and she would kindly correct them, and we're used to doing that. The most common mispronunciation is "Ray-enna" and she wants to be called that now. There's also "Ree-ahna" among other ones. Kudos to those who get it right on the first try. And even if someone gets it wrong, after corrected, they usually get it correct from then on.
I'm not expecting everyone to get her name right all of the time. I do, however, expect her to get it right...since it belongs to her. She has plenty of nicknames, so I'm not sure what to do.
We've had several conversations about her name, that we named her after Daddy, and how important names are because they're ours. We don't have to share with anyone! Not convinced, but is compromising, she wants to simply be named Anna. That's a beautiful name, but it's not HERS!
Now she's signing her letter to Santa and other Christmas cards to her friends, "Ryanna/Anna."
Yeah, that's not confusing at all.
5 comments:
That's so funny! Sounds like she takes after her Mom if you ask me...Angie. :) Good luck with that! :)
HAHA! wow, she sure is independent and knows what she wants! The song you had playing cracked me up!
I will love her no matter what she is calling herself! But it is a little confusing...
When YOU were her age you didn't have name issues...but you did have an imaginary friend called Ronald! Remember him? Whatever happened to him?
Thanks for the chat this morning...love you so much. I knew that the day would come when your baby had to grow up...and i'm glad that you told me in person instead of letting me see it on my own. That would have been really traumatic! love you!
Okay, so Ryanna . . .
I spent ALL my years in elementary, middle, and high school with people pronouncing my name Brittany Holiday. It's annoying to you right now, but later on you'll just get used to it and either ignore it or laugh at it.
For heaven sakes, I was at the starting line for track districts my freshman year in high school and the announcer said "In lane four, Brittany Holiday!" Being at BSU stadium, it was not only heard by well over one thousand people, but echoed throughout the neighboring areas.
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