Do you have an H in your name?

Dearest blog reader,

I just finished watching this Pinoy movie. It's rather cheesy if you ask me. Anyway, one of the characters was named "Dhonabelle" (pronounced as du-ho-na-bel). They kept on repeating the name. It made me laugh and wonder why Filipinos insert unnecessary H's in their child's name. Other examples are Rhoda, Jhun, Heddha and Mhike.

I mean "what the heck is the point?", right? It's silent, anyway. It's not like the pronunciation will be any different if you add an H. It's not like repertoire which is read as "re-puh-twah".

Okay, so I don't have any legal right to butt into how their names are spelled (btw, grammar nazi. it's spelled. not spelt. i checked. :)) ) but.....I just don't see the point. It just makes your name sound funnier. "du-ho-na-bel, ru-ho-da, ma-hayk, hed-ha".

Sheesh. What if it had a lot of H's and you'd turn blue just trying to pronounce their name?

-suehzo 94-

P.S.

See? It's hard. "su-hu-weh-zo nayn-tee-for".