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Reclaiming the Pronunciation of My Name


How I Reclaimed the Pronunciation of My Name - YouTube

My name is very meaningful to me, but for years I let people mispronounce my name because I thought it was easier for my white teachers, ...

I always mispronounce my name for Americans. I'm reclaiming the ...

The Facebook name-pronunciation feature made me realize that, after a lifetime of code-switching, I want to pronounce my name as my mother ...

#MyNameIs - Race Equality Matters

How Can My Organisation Get Involved? · Download, use, and share the free #MyNameIs guide. · Add phonetic name spelling to email signatures and other ...

Understanding the Power of Names, Correct Pronunciation, and ...

The chronic mispronunciation of names can undermine one's identity and be experienced as a microaggression. This workshop aims to provide ...

Reclaiming the Pronunciation of My Name | By Ritu Bhasin - Facebook

In this #ShineWithRitu video, I share my journey to reclaim the correct pronunciation of my name and how doing so helped me live my truth.

How I Reclaimed the Pronunciation of My Name | By Ritu Bhasin

I literally just turned around and said to everyone, please don't say my name is "Ree-too, it's "RIH-thoo". And when I met new people, I made ...

Is it too late to correct the pronunciation of my name? | CBC News

I've never been comfortable with the westernized pronunciation of my name, but I was afraid to stand up or feel like an inconvenience, ...

My name is very meaningful to me, but for years I let ... - Instagram

In this #ShineWithRitu video, I share my journey to reclaim the correct pronunciation of my name and how doing so helped me live my truth.

Reclaim the Right Pronunciation of Your Name - YouTube

I love my first name Ritu, even though soooo many people don't know how to pronounce it correctly. For years I went by “Ree-too”, ...

How to Ask Someone the Correct Pronunciation of Their Name

(FYI, it's not that hard to pronounce! Here's how you say it.) In my twenties, when I decided to reclaim the correct pronunciation of my name, ...

Understanding the Power of Names, Correct Pronunciation, and ...

Enslaved people were given European-sounding slave names to replace their African ones, and the last name imposed was oftentimes the name of the ...

Say my name: The importance of name pronunciation

Normalize using names in daily interactions and caring about the correct pronunciation. "Trying to correctly pronounce someone's name is a way ...

Say My Name (Correctly) | Opinion - The Harvard Crimson

Insisting on having your name said correctly is an act of defiance against assimilation, a reclamation of one's own narrative and identity.

The power of reclaiming your name | Ilknur Eren | TEDxBayonne

The name Ílknur is very common in Turkey, but not so common in the United States. In this talk, Ílknur takes us through the beautiful story ...

Say my name, Say their name - Edelman UK

Complicated? Maybe. But something that I have appreciated and welcomed through the years is when folks actually ask me the correct pronunciation ...

Finding Power In Reclaiming One's Name : Consider This from NPR

... to reclaim the proper Spanish pronunciation.In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what's ...

Why getting a name right matters - BBC

Xian Zhao, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto whose research focuses on ethnic name pronunciation, says that although many ...

#Reclaimingmyname: We Need To Stop Mispronouncing Our Name ...

She was also reclaiming her name — and its correct pronunciation back. ... I want to help people help pronounce my name with the phonetic spelling ...

What counts as an 'American name' in a changing nation

“My parents say I am lucky to have a 'White' name. It is better for ... Many have embraced their monikers and say it's time to reclaim what counts ...

Do people mispronounce your name? Students hope new audio tool ...

The name pronunciation tool allows people to make an audio recording of their name. At Ivey, the recording is then made available on people's academic profile.