elizabee
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I hope that I'm putting this message in the correct forum; I couldn't decide which one might be best for my issue.
Surname: Bullard
This name is pronounced two distinctly different ways by two factions of my family. I am writing about the difference for a project. How do I properly convey the different pronunciations in writing, so that anyone reading what I have written will clearly understand the difference?
Most of the family pronounces the name as it has been pronounced historically, which sounds like buhl-urd with stress more on the BUL part of the name than on the -urd or -erd part of it: bull-erd.
A smaller faction of the family has developed another pronunciation, it being more like buh-lard, or maybe boo-lard, with definite stress on the AR part of the name - maybe like it might be pronounced by the French. When I say it like they do, I maybe hear more the sound of bew or boo than buh: bew-LAR-d.
I hope that I am explaining thoroughly enough. I did not expect this to be so difficult for me. I could just use bull-erd and bew-LAR-d, I suppose, but I'd really rather write it out properly, if I can.
Surname: Bullard
This name is pronounced two distinctly different ways by two factions of my family. I am writing about the difference for a project. How do I properly convey the different pronunciations in writing, so that anyone reading what I have written will clearly understand the difference?
Most of the family pronounces the name as it has been pronounced historically, which sounds like buhl-urd with stress more on the BUL part of the name than on the -urd or -erd part of it: bull-erd.
A smaller faction of the family has developed another pronunciation, it being more like buh-lard, or maybe boo-lard, with definite stress on the AR part of the name - maybe like it might be pronounced by the French. When I say it like they do, I maybe hear more the sound of bew or boo than buh: bew-LAR-d.
I hope that I am explaining thoroughly enough. I did not expect this to be so difficult for me. I could just use bull-erd and bew-LAR-d, I suppose, but I'd really rather write it out properly, if I can.