Very strange names for children

I read somewhere, or was told, that it's originally a Dutch name and the T is pronounced.

I'll have a glass or two, with or without the T!

It's pronounced Mo-ette before et Chandon, but is the t sounded when it stands alone?

Moët is pronounced with the T (Mo-ette) Just saying

A friend's DD has named her baby girl Aphrodite. Fortunately the baby has been given Taylor as a middle name and I foresee her opting for that when she is older.

Oh I see now !!!

A Ness and P Ness. Schoolboy humour?

Am I being a bit thick here Nampam ?

I know of a K'sandra

My son was at school with twins called Andrew and Peter Ness...ok till you've to sign your name. A school teacher friend had an Excalibur in her class, last seen being escorted from the school by two policemen. Do you think the name affects the child?

When I lived in New York my son was very friendly with a Korean boy, they were both seven years old at the time. The boy's name was Sherlock Sun . I asked his mother why she called him Sherlock, as I knew that many Koreans in N.Y. gave their children an Anglo first name as they felt it was easier for the child. She felt it was the most English name she knew. I didn't tell her that I'd never met another Sherlock , anywhere. My Korean paediatric doctor named her son after my son, Edward, as she thought it was a royal name.

Yes of course JackyB. Don't think German has umlauts on e? Had just thought if a common word with two dots and my thought processes led me to champagne.....

Oh sorry - forgot to mention the pronunciation. The same as Noël. So Moway is pretty close.

The dots on the "e" in Moët aren't an Umlaut. They separate the vowel sounds so that they are not pronounced as a diphthong.

They are known as a trema or diæresis.

I'm still smiling over Helsey - I wonder if they thought it was a posh form of Elsie.

I think Moet is pronounced Moway - but I have never drunk any so I could be wrong. Asti Spumante is easier to say and to buy.

I met someone this weekend called Helsey. Never heard that one before

I get the idea but how do you pronounce Moet, I always thought it was said as its spelt mo-et. But the little thingys above must mean its said differently , I only got as far as A levels and we certainly didn't do those thingys then 1970.

Theyre dots over an a, o or u to alter the pronunciation of some German words. Sorry, can't reproduce examples here. You get it on Moët (ooh it did it automatically) of Moët and Chandon fame

what is an 'umlaut', even DD who is a MA in literature doesn't know.?

I taught a Blue Black and a Red Fox!

I read on Internet about a young girl who had just given birth to a baby girl, and when the nurse asked what her name was going to be the girl said what sounded like ash .hole .ee . The nurse asked her how it was spelt, and the young mum said asshole.

Just remembered. I worked in a Bank, and one cashier came hurtling out of her "cage" [as it was in the old days], barely able to speak, she was laughing so much. The customer's name [to be fair, she was Icelandic ] was "Randy Bang"....

I think perhaps Maggie has posted on the wrong thread.

Back to the business in hand. Come on chocolatep we really want to know. Give us some more clues please.

Um. Is it me, or has this thread got very odd?

Who are you talking to/about, Maggie725?