Timeline for how to change spelling to make a silent e sound
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| Feb 7, 2020 at 5:48 | vote | accept | June | ||
| Feb 7, 2020 at 5:47 | comment | added | June | The first e for elephant. | |
| Feb 6, 2020 at 19:36 | history | edited | Eddie Kal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 6, 2020 at 19:00 | answer | added | thequeen | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 6, 2020 at 16:21 | comment | added | Weather Vane | If you start writing your own name incorrectly that's only going to make matters worse, because if it gets copied and spread it won't be possible to put it right. But if people say your name wrongly, you can immediately correct them by saying: "My name is June." | |
| Feb 6, 2020 at 16:15 | comment | added | Jan | E is pronounced like the first or second "e" in elephant? | |
| Feb 6, 2020 at 15:26 | comment | added | June | Thank you for your replies. The "e" at the end is pronunced like the "e" for elephant. I had a look online and Juna will sound different to my name. Kate, it doesn't have an acute accent at the end. That would make things easier! | |
| Feb 6, 2020 at 13:55 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | Alternatively, if the 'e' is pronounced 'eh', you could add an acute accent (like the French café). You would still find that not all English speakers read it correctly, though. | |
| Feb 6, 2020 at 9:37 | comment | added | Weather Vane | Without phonetics, as an English reader I would know how to pronounce it when spelled Juna. Alternatively just accept the way that others pronounce it - in other cases names do not anglicise very well. Another solution, as this is about speech, is to introduce yourself: "Hallo, I am June" pronounced the way you would like it to be said. I would favour that, as it is worse to have your name written incorrectly, than spoken incorrectly, and this would be a mistake you cause yourself. | |
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| Feb 6, 2020 at 9:11 | history | asked | June | CC BY-SA 4.0 |