I called my daughter 'Viola' but no one gets the unique way we pronounce it right. Other mums struggle and I know my little girl will face confusion... but I don't care
I recently brought my two young daughters to our local library. While the children played with their toys and books, I got chatting to a friend we'd bumped into. She turned to talk directly to my eldest and called out 'Viola'.
Yet Viola, who is five, simply didn't respond. It's not that she is badly behaved, or away with the fairies… but rather that, once again, another adult failed to pronounce her name correctly.
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