The Gordon dillema

I have a serious unexpected problem with my 6yr old daughter. I thought I would read the kids (misplaced object alert! I didn't read the kids. I read a book TO the kids) a cool pop-up jungle book for a bed time story, using silly voices for all the animals, Everything was cool, utill I got to Gordon the Giraffe. My daughter asked me to use my regular voice because she couldn't understand him.

So, I did, then she said, working on reading/phonetics, that I said Gordon wrong, "It's jordan" it starts with a G like Giraffe. It was totally unexpected, so I turned the page and went on, later I wrote out the words "Go, Good, Gorgon" etc, and asked her to say them, as soon as ahe said "go" I said "ah, hah!" see? the G sound is Gah not Juh. she asked then why do we say "jordon". I told her that "jordan" is another name that starts with "J" she asked "like jackie or Jump" I said exactly! she is so smart! then She said and Jiraffe? oh crap! I wanted to explain that for every rule there are exceptions. But I was tired and unsure if she was ready for that. I certainly didn't want her thinking she could use that as an excuse to break rules. So I just had them say a prayer and let it slide till I could figure out what to do.

How on earth did I learn that the word Giraffe is said like that? Another word like that that used to drive me crasy was the word "onvelope" it os said "En velope" like it is spelled I would stammer. I tried to tell my best friend that it was just french or something, cause americans say "End" "Exit" "Enterprise" "Endeavor" and "Envelope". ooooh!

The worst is my children are turning one sylable words into lots of sylables. But obviously when you see that word it sounds a certain way. For instance "Do you have a Heeeaaahdache, mommy?" And they pronounce i's llike ah's I noticed that when they count 5's or 9's. Lena can comprehend it. I don't mind them trying to fit in, but they must learn how to properly talk or count, like I talk and count. I don't care if they use "tennesee" talk at school, but not at home, I can't remember the word for it, but it comes in handy to be able to change your dialects to fit the people you're around. WE also first learned rules then tibre in madrigals. and in Composition first you have to learn a whole lot ofrules in theory before you can break them.

A while ago I talked to a guy from Quebec, eh? I loved to try to get him to say "sorry" pronounced "Suhrry" It is so cute!

ah well any ideas on how to teach Gordon? I thought about reteaching sounds by phonetics, but I don't want to undermine what the teacher is doing.