Road to Steemfest - How the hell do I pronounce @sjennon?

Because it's not pronounced at S-Jennon. WHAT!?

As I was about to start one of the other challenges of @anomadsoul's Road to Steemfest, I stumbled upon the fact that almost everyone I met through Steemit (except ours silly Dutchies here) call me S. Jennon.

Or S-Jennon.

Or es-jannon.

And I feel really sorry to break it to you guys, but that is, in fact, not how one would pronounce my username. Sorry, @jaybird.

It all began when I was still living back at home in The Netherlands and I was looking for a username that wasn't always occupied.

In Dutch, the J isn't pronounced as Jay and our A sounds more like an Ah (therefore used an E which in a word is pronounced as Eeh), which then makes Sjennon simply does sound like Shannon. And oh my! What a coincidence - that's my name :D

Does this still make sense though?

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Sjennon

[ʃænən]

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Even if it doesn't make sense to any of you, it is a username that is always available as no English Speaking person decides to have such a fucked up name. And well, there are not many Dutchies who go by the name of Shannon.

More useless, Wikipedia facts about my name:

• The longest river in the British Isles, which flows through Ireland into the Atlantic Ocean
• A sea area, to the west of Ireland, centred on the estuary of this river
• A surname​ of Irish origin, variant of Shanahan, anglicised from Ó Seanaigh (“descendant of a person named Old”).
  (chiefly US) A male given name, from the surname or from the river.
• A female given name derived from the river; first used in the USA in early 20th century, and only recently in Ireland.

I want a penny for everytime someone on SteemFest pronounces my name wrong.

I shall bring an extra bag just for cash. Or simply send me some SBD's.

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^{My name is Shannon, I am a digital designer. Born and raised in Amsterdam, living in Berlin. I write about travel, Steemit, design, food, life and any thoughts I have!}