A Woman Is Extremely Annoyed That Her In-Laws Continue To Do This

The Backstory A new mother has reached out for advice after her in-laws continue to call her son by a variation of his name in their native language.

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I won’t be sharing his name for privacy but it’s similar to us naming our son George and they call him Jorge (pronounced hor-hay) or us naming our son Jacob and they call him Jakob (pronounced yak-ob),” she explained.

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“I’m conscious that as a monolingual I may be overreacting, but I’m really bothered by it,” she said.

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What Others Are Saying One person said, “Learning to correctly pronounce a person’s name is a basic sign of respect.

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Others have suggested that the child should ultimately have a say in what he is called. “Your son, once he’s old enough, should be the one that decides what he prefers they call him,” one person noted.

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