"Mommy, how do you say my name?" I remember asking my mom when I was a kid. "Is it 'AIR-KAH' or 'AIR-IH-KAH'?"
"It's however you want people to say it," I remember her saying.
I want only people with heavy accents to say my name.
When I was in the Dominican Republic, people who could speak very little English usually at least had the ability to ask, "What is your name?"
And after I'd tell them, "My name is 'AIR-IH-KAH'," they'd always reply, "EH-REE-KAH'" with the tongue roll. I know hearing your own name is music to a person's ears in general, but I just loved hearing their accent come out when they said my name.
Would it be weird to adopt an accent just when I tell a person my name?
And after I'd tell them, "My name is 'AIR-IH-KAH'," they'd always reply, "EH-REE-KAH'" with the tongue roll. I know hearing your own name is music to a person's ears in general, but I just loved hearing their accent come out when they said my name.
Would it be weird to adopt an accent just when I tell a person my name?
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