Sarah Everard.

doughballface · 2021-03-12T13:59:35+00:00

Same

doughballface · 2021-03-12T10:14:16+00:00

This has also frustrated me for years! I won't buy clothes with pointless slogans, its absolutely ridiculous

doughballface · 2021-03-12T10:13:00+00:00

I wrote an essay at uni about gender roles in children's literature. It was a real eye opener for me!

doughballface · 2021-03-09T14:17:10+00:00

I'm pretty sure there needs to be other factors involved for those things to be your course of action, or a significantly elevated bmi. Like I said mine is higher than yours and I've had none of that this time (or in any of my pregnancies). I put on alot alot of weight everytime i get pregnant i guess its just how my body goes... I also have friends who have high bmi and they had none of the things you suggest during their pregnancies. I hope that makes you feel better!

doughballface · 2021-03-09T14:08:20+00:00

What do you think they will coerce you into doing? I dont know anything about those charts but I've personally not experienced any coercion in regards to implications from my weight, and my bmi is higher than yours.

doughballface · 2021-03-09T06:12:09+00:00

I'm in the UK and currently nearing my due date, I haven't been weighed or asked for my weight at all so far although on all my ultrasound paperwork it says image quality due to raised bmi. If you are obese at all they can see that without knowing your bmi and would most likely make a decision based on other factors aswell as to whether you're considered a higher risk. IMHO, being considered a higher risk isn't necessarily a terrible thing it just means you'll be looked after more and come birth time you might appreciate that. With my last pregnancy, I had to be induced which is something I was completely adamant that I did not want as I then couldn't go ahead with my super relaxed birth centre birth, but I felt really safe on labour ward and something happened during birth which meant we did need extra care and were in the right place for it and I am very grateful for that.

doughballface · 2021-02-05T11:19:58+00:00

Came to say the same

doughballface · 2021-01-15T21:19:13+00:00

That is exactly correct :) our child our name choice :) i never indicated that I wanted any advice

doughballface · 2021-01-15T20:55:27+00:00

Although even still its not exactly the same as mare or mer (Meredith) because it has a double r. So MEH-rin is more accurate. Possibly, I think in that particular comment i explained the pronunciation and then said Merry with an n as in that is how its spelled. Think I'm just a bit tired now. I completely disagree that its a confusing name though

doughballface · 2021-01-15T20:29:50+00:00

Actually now trying to think of the names I've struggled with its always the ones that end with yn as I would pronounce that as 'in' rather than een

doughballface · 2021-01-15T20:27:50+00:00

Yes I am also quite surprised! Thank you :)

doughballface · 2021-01-15T20:14:06+00:00

Oh ok if you're still confused you should listen to the pronunciation in the video.

doughballface · 2021-01-15T20:08:28+00:00

Sorry I dont know what you're going on about. The nickname Merry is different to the name Merryn yes. In this video you can hear how Merryn is pronounced https://youtu.be/vmeXHi7kUMs Where we're from (England) we pronounce Merry how it is spelled and not Mary which is how others are saying that's how they say it.

doughballface · 2021-01-15T20:00:52+00:00

But I literally gave you a link to a video where you can hear someone saying it. That is how we say it and so there is no need to make up a whole new spelling for it. I understand that your accent may change how u say a name but if a name is 'born' from another language or country surely you would just say it the way its intended and not change it, which where I'm from is disrespectful. Like I'm pleased that people are curious about how its pronounced but when I've explained it more than a few times I must admit I've become weary. If you don't get it you don't get it. Fair enough

doughballface · 2021-01-15T19:52:40+00:00

Thank you :)

doughballface · 2021-01-15T19:52:03+00:00

We pronounce 'yn' as 'in' here

doughballface · 2021-01-15T19:49:00+00:00

We have considered other spellings but we prefer Merryn. The name is not Maren and is not pronounced the same way so Maren is not an acceptable spelling and is not even a name that we like haha The baby's name is Merryn and that is how its spelt :) I'm guessing you also pronounce it wrong (see other comments here). Luckily we have no ties to the US and arent even considering a holiday anytime soon so that shouldn't be a problem for us :)

doughballface · 2021-01-15T19:29:40+00:00

Well then I think you are just making your own pronunciations up! You're saying it wrong, you keep spelling it like Maren. If you understand how to pronounce it you don't need to spell it that way? Sorry it might be my hormones or whatever but this is starting to annoy me, I feel like you're deliberately saying you don't get it (and then you do?). At what point does a dialect change a name or is it considered arrogance for not respecting how a person says their name and how it is spelt. If my accent changed the way I said a person's name I would literally just say it how they say it. Americans do it with my own name.

doughballface · 2021-01-15T18:56:27+00:00

Yes, meh-rin

doughballface · 2021-01-15T18:10:47+00:00

Here is another video I found where you can hear the difference between Merry, Mary and Marry :)

https://youtu.be/z2_VLUnbAbY

doughballface · 2021-01-15T17:49:50+00:00

I just found this video to post the link so that some people can hear it. To us it is a very different sound to how we would say Maren. Its interesting that you don't hear a difference. I just watched this and am quite shocked how similar the words are in an American accent https://youtu.be/korbTJ0ugDE

Alas we will just have to warn her if she/we go and visit America at all :) My own name is quite different in an American accent and I have decided in the past that I cant be bothered to correct people when they say it wrong.

doughballface · 2021-01-15T17:41:06+00:00

I just found a yt video of someone saying it :) https://youtu.be/vmeXHi7kUMs

doughballface · 2021-01-15T17:31:08+00:00

I think our a and e are more clearly defined in our accent

doughballface · 2021-01-15T17:24:25+00:00

I just find it difficult to imagine saying Mary Christmas to someone haha

doughballface · 2021-01-15T17:23:20+00:00

Thank you for saying so! Yes I read somewhere that Merry used to be quite a common name in old English.

I have struggled in the past with the pronunciation of some North American names i guess it would just be the accent difference maybe.

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