From: urban_homestead	Date: October 10th, 2008 12:53 pm (UTC)		(Link)

My Arthur calls himself "Ah-suh"! It makes him really sad that he can't introduce himself to people and have them understand him. The other day he said he didn't know any of the other children's names at the community centre because he couldn't say "Hi, my name is Arthur, what's your name?" I never would have thought of that when I chose his name! Is your little guy dispirited about the pronunciation challenge too?

	From: forthright	Date: October 10th, 2008 12:56 pm (UTC)		(Link)

No, I don't think he's dispirited. The only person he does this with is this one woman, because her accent is heavy enough that he doesn't recognize his own name when she pronounces it. Having said that, in general, Arthur has been pretty reticent about talking to other kids in general until the past month or so - which may be due to the fact that most of the kids he met in Montreal were francophones with whom he couldn't communicate at all.

	From: neurotic_orchid	Date: October 10th, 2008 11:59 pm (UTC)		(Link)

That made me laugh, too. :)