Giving your kid a super weird name is bad, but it's nowhere near as bad as giving them a regular name like "Jessica" or "James" but trying to give it a unique pronunciation.

I really hate when people do this. Recently, I watched a documentary and one of the guys in it was named "Tristan" but he pronounced it "Tri-stAHn." Like, why make your kid go through that?Sure, we all know some parents torture their kids and give them names like Thaddeus or Light Bulb or other weird shit, but I think it's infinitely worse to give your kid a common name but then try to make the pronunciation unique. Like "Hi, this is my daughter Jessica, but it's pronounced "Jeh-ZEE-kah. And this is my son Steve, but it's pronounced "Steh-vay"Why do people do this? I'd much rather have a name like "Wizard III" than be named James (pronounced "Hah-mez") or some shit and have to live my life constantly correcting people. via /r/unpopularopinion https://ift.tt/3niz5iK