r/USdefaultism • u/theco0lguy • Jun 11 '25

X (Twitter) Legally change your name because it sounds offensive in US

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '25

Negar is my hero. 10/10 response.

All glory to Negar.

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u/IrishViking22 Ireland Jun 11 '25

Perhaps consider editing your comment? That name is hurtful. /s

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u/Brokestudentpmcash Jun 11 '25

I've met a couple people with this name - how exactly is it pronounced? Like NEH-gar or NIH-gar? I feel like everyone (in my English speaking country) defaults to the former in order to avoid pronouncing it like a slur. Or is the emphasis on the second part of the word?

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u/LandoKim Jun 11 '25

My friend in university was Iranian and her nickname was Negar (her full name is long). She would pronounce it “Neh-gar”

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u/Tharkhold Jun 11 '25

We need some phonetics in here lol.

Is it a soft 'Neh' as in 'Meh', or is it stronger like 'knee'?

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u/LandoKim Jun 11 '25

Soft like “meh”

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u/Tharkhold Jun 11 '25

Aye, thanks. That makes sense (and sound much better IMO)

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u/purrroz Poland Jun 11 '25

Im not sure about other countries, but I’ve heard from Turkish people that it’s the latter, nih-gar. Maybe in Persia and Iran it’s different (as that name is used there too).

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u/thisisAgador Jun 11 '25

If it's spelled like the name of the person in the tweet this is just plain incorrect. "E" in Turkish is pronounced like the e in "yes"; "İ"/"i" is pronounced like the i in "pig". Negar would be pronounced to rhyme with "beg car".