Britons mock ‘fatally embarrassing’ Americans naming youngsters after UK cities

Britons have mocked “fatally embarrassing” American parents after discovering out some have named their kids after UK cities – together with one baffling alternative.

An unnamed Reddit person induced carnage on the social media platform once they demanded Americans stopped utilizing British place names for his or her kids’s names.

He included one weird alternative as proof of why this seemingly well-liked pattern wanted to be shelved.

The poster used the instance of his good friend’s cousin’s girlfriend being known as Lecesta, primarily based on the East Midlands metropolis of Leicester – well-known for its football club and cathedral the place Richard III was reinterred in 2015.

The identify induced an enormous debate on-line, with many calling it “fatally embarrassing”.

The rant started: “I’m from England. My American friend’s cousin’s girlfriend is called Lecesta. I thought it could be a cultural thing but it isn’t.

“Apparently, her mom bought collectively together with her father at a celebration in Leicester in England and due to this fact named their little one Lecesta.

“And what’s even worse, the mother pronounces the word Leicester as Lie – Sess – Tur. It’s actually Less – Tuh. And since Lecesta’s mother pronounces Leicester this way, her daughter’s name is pronounced Lee – Sess – Tur.”

The livid publish added: “Can we stop naming children after British places? AND THEN SPELLING THEM INCORRECTLY.”

The feedback, unsurprisingly, had been awash with surprised remarks and outrage, together with one who mentioned the identify was “cringe”.

Another mentioned: “You realise all of American naming history is copying Britain and their version of English is just incorrect but with the excuse of calling it American English.”

One wrote: “Hard yikes on that pronunciation.”

A fourth added: “There is no end to the amazing things that Americans do with our language and culture.”

But many others took the case additional, revealing the opposite names they’d heard American kids known as – albeit playfully.

One mentioned: “I saw an American who named their child Leeds and could not understand why the Brits in the comments found it funny.

“Nothing pains me greater than the pronunciations of my metropolis like I do know there are lots of letters however its Les-tah.”

A second continued “I’ll name my baby Milton Keynes and you can’t stop me,” whereas a 3rd wrote: “Please at least give them a nice city/town name… like Slough.”

But a fourth shockingly completed: “I (American) work with a woman named Devon Norfolk. Her last name is Norfolk and her parents either doubled down or are ignorant of British geography… I’m guessing the latter.”