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WCDT: 2328-2332 (26-30 November 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Carl-E:
"Jakes" is still better than "Jay-kwees".
slydon:
I'd thought it was like Jacques Cousteau for years, too.
My life is a lie.
jwhouk:
Not that I ever did, but some would see the "ph" at the end and assume his first name was pronounced with a hard-G sound (ala Gee-eff).
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: slydon on 01 Dec 2012, 03:46 ---I'd thought it was like Jacques Cousteau for years, too.
--- End quote ---
Yeah, same, except with a non-silent s. And wait, J, why would the ph affect how the first part of the word is pronounced?
jwhouk:
You're asking someone whose last name has been mispronounced so much, I'm used to correcting people on the pronunciation* by reflex?
If I were Jeph, I'd only want them to spell my name right on the checks and bank sheets.
* - (click to show/hide)It's pronounced "HOWK." The "ou" is NOT pronounced like "aw".
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