“After 19 years of getting into fights over his name and hearing it mispronounced, Shia LaBeouf can’t believe celebrities are still coming up with weird names for their kids … Asked what he would say to parents planning to give their kids strange names, LeBeouf says, ‘Name your kid Billy and Timmy. What is the problem with that?'”
~The Associated Press, as quoted in Beyond Ava and Aiden by Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran (Nameberry‘s creators)
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I think Shia has a point….how do you say Shia? 🙂
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I’ve always said SHY-uh.
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That’s what I’ve heard too
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love Billy and Timmy! 🙂
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Yes!! I love it when people with hard to pronounce names give their perspective because I always wonder what it is really like to have a hard to pronounce name (I’ve always imagined that it would be annoying). I’m okay with uncommon names, but there’s a line between uncommon (think Ignatius) and just weird (like Pilot Inspektor).
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Haha! Pilot Inspektor is so crazy!
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I think the worst part of Pilot Inspektor is that Inspector is spelled wrong!
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Haha yes!
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I definitely appreciate his perspective! And I agree that there is a difference between “difficult to pronounce” and “rare” or “underused.”
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Here is a great way to learn the pronunciation of Shia! Hilarious song behind the link (not obscene–just goofy).
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I’m going back to listen when I have a minute — I’m intrigued!
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