Hannah Sands, Australian mother
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One Australian woman went viral Tick tock In early December, after she reported that no one could pronounce her son's name. The child's name was Raul.
In a video shared on the platform: Hannah Sands explains that even his family members have difficulty pronouncing the name of his son, who was born in May 2022.
“Some people don't tell you when you become a mother how strange it is to name your baby. Not that choosing a name for your baby isn't complicated enough, but choosing a name that no one can pronounce… That's it “It's been a journey,” she said in her video released on December 1st .
Hannah, whose husband is a Brazilian named Paulo, already noticed that people couldn't pronounce her partner's name. But the situation got worse with his son.
“Australians are so irritating with names that are a little foreign. My husband's name is Paul, it's not that difficult. But here everyone calls him PaulO and that drives him crazy,” she continued humorously.
Hannah chose Raul to baptize her son because she felt it would make sense in Portuguese and that it wouldn't be difficult for Australians to pronounce which was a mistake.
“My own mother visited us in the hospital and asked his name and I said 'Raul.' She said 'Rorl. Rorl?' Given the situation, the couple decided to change the spelling of their son's name to Raoul, but people continue to mispronounce it.
At the Tick tock, where Hannah posted her report, the video already has more than 1 million views. In the comment feed, many users identified with the Australian's situation and shared their stories.
“I have a daughter named Persephone and a doctor called her a 'purse phone,'” said one follower. “I'm from Brazil, my name is Iandara, which is phonetically very intuitive for Portuguese, but still people make mistakes all the time,” commented another.
Source: Redação Terra