On another note, my sister works in an H.R. department and will not hire anyone who from their application she can't tell whether said applicant is male or female or can't decipher their name unless the person has got some exceptional talent no other applican has.
"There is a girl named Gordyn (pronounced Jordan) at my daughter's school. The parents get upset when it is pronounced as Gordon and people assume she is a he."
I'll just bet they get upset. Poor widdle Gordyn...how could they not know how to pronouce her widdle name. She'll probably grow up with no self-esteem at all. Pity.
Well, those dumb parents spelt the kid's name wrong. They were too dumb to know that G doesn't sound like J just whenever you want it to. The sound changes from a glottal stop (g) to an aspirated sound (j) preceding a short vowel (i or e).
Never before an A, O or U. Sorry, idiots.
"My name might be spelt 'Raymond Luxury Yacht, but it's pronounced 'Throat-warbler Mangrove!'" No, it doesn't work that way.