Hello everyone, and welcome back to English With Lucy.

大家好，歡迎收看 English With Lucy

Today, I want to talk to you about commonly-mispronounced

今天我想和你們談談常念錯的

baby names that are usually given to boys.

小男孩名字

So, this is a pronunciation video designed to help you with

這部發音影片的目的是

your English speaking and pronunciation.

幫助你的英語口說和發音

If you'd like to further improve that,

如果你想要更加精進

I really encourage you to check out Audible.

我真的鼓勵你去看看 Audible

There's a link in the description.

在說明處有連結

You can get a 30-day free trial,

你可以得到 30 天免費試用

that's a whole free audiobook,

有完全免費的有聲書

and I've got some recommendations

我有一些推薦的

for books with British English pronunciation.

英式英語發音書籍

I've got an American English pronunciation one as well.

美式發音的也有

So don't miss out.

不要錯過

Right, let's get started with the video.

好了，影片開始吧

The first name that I'd like to talk about

第一個我要談的

is actually a Hispanic name, and it is Joaquin.

其實是個西班牙名字，瓦金 (Joaquin)

Joaquin, like the Walking Dead.

瓦金，就像 The Walking Dead (陰屍路)

So in Spanish it should be Joaquin, but speakers of English

在西班牙文應該念作瓦金，但說英文的人

generally tend to pronounce it as Walking, Walking,

常常念成霍金 (Walking)，霍金

so Walking Phoenix, for example,

舉例來說，霍金·菲尼克斯 (Walking Phoenix)

doesn't feel right, it doesn't roll off the tongue.

感覺不太對勁，不順口

Number two, now some of you are going to laugh

第二個，你們有些人可能會取笑這一個

at this one because you will know how to pronounce it

因為你們知道怎麼念

but I honestly, for the majority of my childhood

但老實說，在我童年的大部分時間

thought that this was pronounced as Seen, Seen,

我以為這念作辛 (Seen)，辛

so you know the actor Sean Bean, I thought he was

你們知道有位演員叫作尚恩·賓 (Sean Bean)，我以為他叫作辛·賓 (Seen Bean)

Seen Bean, but yes, it should be pronounced Sean.

但是沒有錯，應該念作尚恩 (Sean)

The next one, now this just depends on the parents,

下一個，這就取決於父母了

it could be Steffen, and it could be Steven.

可能是史特芬 (Steffen)，也可能是史蒂芬 (Steven)

It's up to them, so just ask with this one.

由他們決定，所以遇到這個名字就用問的吧

Now the next one is a little bit confusing

下一個有點令人混淆

because it could be anything.

因為可能是任何念法

So you are likely to mispronounce it, and that's why

所以你很有可能念錯

it's best just to ask the person how they pronounce

這就是為什麼直接問本人名字怎麼念

their name.

是最佳的方法

It could be Elias, it could be Ellias, and it could be

可能是伊利亞斯 (Elias)，可能是埃利亞斯 (Ellias)

Elius.

還有可能是阿萊亞斯 (Elius)

Are those just all the variations there?

只有這些變化嗎？

I guess you could say Eelias as well,

我猜也可以念作伊萊亞斯 (Eelias)

just ask.

直接問吧

The next one, anything beginning with an X

下一個，任何 X 開頭的都很難念

is difficult, this one is normally pronounced Zander,

這一個通常念作贊德 (Zander)

Zander.

贊德

Next one we have is actually pronounced with an X,

下一個要發 X 的音

and that is Exaveeay, Exaveeay.

而那就是克沙維爾 (Exaveeay)，克沙維爾

But you could meet someone called Zaveeay as well.

但你也有可能遇到叫做查維爾 (Zaveeay) 的人

What about this one?

這一個呢？

Is it Noel like Christmas?

是聖誕節的諾埃爾 (Noel) 嗎？

It could be, I have met somebody called Noel before,

有可能，我以前有遇過叫做諾埃爾的人

but she was female, and normally the male version of this

但她是女的，而一般來說這個名字的男生版本是

name is Nole, Nole.

諾爾 (Nole)，諾爾

Now this one is just the Irish version of Owen, Owen.

現在這一個就是愛爾蘭版的歐文 (Owen)，歐文

And I remember, does anyone remember Eoghan Quigg?

我還記得，有人記得歐文·奎格 (Eoghan Quigg) 嗎？

He was an X Factor participant in 2000 and something

他是 2000 年左右 X 音素的參賽者

and I thought he was so handsome.

我覺得他超帥

Yeah, I remember reading his name and thinking Yohan,

我記得把他的名字念成約翰 (Yohan)

but no, Owen apparently.

但不對，顯然是念作歐文

Now the next one, is it Louie, or is it Louis?

下一個，是路易 (Louie)，還是路易斯 (Louis)？

You're going to have to ask the person

你得問問本人

because it all depends on what their parents

因為這完全取決於他們的父母怎麼稱呼他們

decided to call them, sorry guys, that one's

抱歉了各位

a bit of a cop-out.

這一個有點敷衍

The last one we have is Jaden.

最後一個是傑登 (Jayden)

We know it now because of Jayden Smith,

這個名字現在因傑登·史密斯 (Jayden Smith) 而聞名

but a few years back people were pretty confused

但幾年前大家頗為困惑

and we were hearing Jarden, Jadden,

我們常聽到賈爾登 (Jarden)、賈登 (Jadden)

but no, apparently it should be Jayden.

但不對，顯然應該念作傑登 (Jayden)

All right guys, that's it for the pronunciation

好了各位，以上就是今天的發音課程

lesson today, I hope you enjoyed it and I hope

希望你們喜歡

you learned something.

也希望你們有學到東西

Again, if you have a name that is commonly

再說一次，如果你有常被拼錯或念錯的名字

misspelt, or mispronounced, put it in the comments

寫在留言裡

and let me sympathise with you.

讓我同情你

Mine's very easy to pronounce, although I do get

我的名字非常好念

a lot of my students calling me Lucky,

雖然確實有不少學生叫我樂琪 (Lucky)

or misspelling it with an S, which confuses

或是拼錯寫成 Lusy

me so much because the channel name is English with Lucy,

我超級困惑的，因為頻道的名稱就是 English with Lucy

it's right there, I say it for you, and I write it for you,

就在那裡，我念給你們聽了，還寫給你們看了

so really, it's just careless.

念錯的話就太不注意了

But that being said, don't forget to connect with me

但話雖如此，別忘了用各種社交媒體與我聯絡

on all of my social media, I've got my Facebook,

我有 Facebook、

my Instagram, and my Twitter, and I will see you soon

Instagram、還有 Twitter

for another lesson.

我們另一堂課再見

(kissing noise)

(親吻聲)

(upbeat music)

(輕快的音樂)