The Queen’s English?

Internet Legend — Said to have Happened in different locales

Subject: Name pronunciation

How would you pronounce this child’s name; “Le-a”?

Leah?? NO

Lee – A?? NOPE

Lay – a?? NO

Lei?? Guess Again.

The child (Le-a) in question attends a school in Detroit, Michigan and in Detroit Michigan, this child’s mother is irate because everyone is pronouncing her child’s name wrong.

It seems that the child’s name is to be pronounced as “Ledasha.”

When the Mother was asked how Le-a could be pronounced “Ledasha,” the mother said,

“the dash don’t be silent.”

So, if you see something with a dash in it come across your desk from Detroit, Michigan remember to pronounce the dash.

And if they axe you why…

Just tell them that — “the dash don’t be silent.”

Author: jetbrane

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2 thoughts on “The Queen’s English?”

  2. Oh, I find this entirely believable. As a man who has in the past worked with an assortment of Lasagnas, Velveetas, and Chardonnays (I’m not exaggerating to attempt to be funny, either), the whole “The dash don’t be silent” is no more incredible than, well, someone named Barack Hussein Obama squatting at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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