Ladbible X Whatsapp
  • iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Nurse baffled after parents correct how she pronounces the name Liam

Home> Community> Weird

Published 12:15 14 Dec 2023 GMT

Nurse baffled after parents correct how she pronounces the name Liam

The parent explained why she pronounced it as she did

Claire Reid

Claire Reid

A nurse was left confused after a kid’s parents corrected the way she pronounced Liam.

Name pronunciation can get the better of most of us, particularly if it’s a name we’ve never seen before or one that can be said in more than one way - I’m looking at you Megans, is it MEEgan or MAYgan? Can you all just decide, please?

However, there’s a bunch of names that seem so simple and obvious that no one is going to mess up, right?

Well that’s what TikTok user Lindsay thought, too, until she encountered a kid called Liam who had a pretty unusual way of saying his name.

Advert

Lindsay, a nurse, admits that due to her southern American accent she has a tendency to ‘butcher’ certain names, but that she thought she was safe with Liam.

In the clip, she explained: “I’m a paediatric nurse and I’m from the deep, deep south, so I butcher everybody’s name.

“If it’s not something super simple like Ben or Sally, I’m going to butcher it.

“So, I see a kid’s name on our computer and I say ‘Oh, Liam, I got this. L-I-A-M. Liam. Easy’.”

Lindsay thought she was sure she knew how the name was pronounced.
TikTok/@lindsey_56785678

Advert

So far so good, yeah?

But this is when things take a turn.

“I go out, call the kid’s name, nobody moves. Call him again. Nobody moves. Call him again, nobody moves,” Lindsay explained.

“Finally this mum stands up and says, ‘Do you mean Yum?’ And I said, ‘No… erm, Liam?’ And she said ‘Yeah, it’s short for William’.”

It’s not often I’m lost for words, but here we are.

Advert

For what it’s worth, the mum is right about the origin of the name Liam, it was initially a short form of the name William but now many people use it as a name in its own right.

She was left baffled by the parent’s explanation.
TikTok/@lindsey_56785678

So much so that Liam Gallagher blew his fans' minds after he shared his full name on Twitter back in 2017.

In the post, which was to promote a TV appearance, he wrote: "WILLIAM JOHN PAUL GALLAGHER 21.9.72 SON OF MARGARET TONIGHT JOOLS HOLLAND AS YOU WERE X."

Responding to the post one fan said: “S**t did anyone else not know Liam was short for William?”

Advert

Another wrote: “Have only just realised Liam is an abbreviation of William. I'm 37 and my name is William.”

While a third commented: “Never knew he was called William.”

Featured Image Credit: TikTok/@lindsey_56785678

Topics: TikTok, Weird

Claire Reid
Claire Reid

Claire is a journalist at LADbible who, after dossing around for a few years, went to Liverpool John Moores University. She graduated with a degree in Journalism and a whole load of debt. When not writing words in exchange for money she is usually at home watching serial killer documentaries surrounded by cats. You can contact Claire at [email protected]

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

9 hours ago
a day ago
2 days ago
  • 9 hours ago

    Why seeing a pink flamingo on cruise could mean someone is a swinger

    The more you know

    Community
  • a day ago

    Relationship expert reveals what you should never say to a potential partner if you want them to like you

    Apparently it makes you come across as rude

    Community
  • 2 days ago

    Boxer left unconscious after freak electric shock accident in cannabis event

    Ivan Parshikov jumped straight into a swimming pool afterwards.

    Community
  • 2 days ago

    Cambridge professor reveals ultimate heatwave hack to cool down your sweltering car in seconds

    The maths professor used science to explain why the easy method works

    Community
  • Man applied for 100 jobs using joke name and CV to see how many interviews he would get and shared surprising result
  • Parents ripped for 'rude' baby name as birth announcement leaves people in stitches
  • Woman reveals she rumbled 'plane bomb plot' after spotting suspicious name on hotspot
  • Hospice nurse praised for how she reacts when patients see dead relatives in their final moments