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Thread #115019   Message #2458351
Posted By: Grab
06-Oct-08 - 09:33 AM
Thread Name: BS: Ralph/Raife
Subject: RE: BS: Ralph/Raife
Or "Fiennes" pronounced "fines". Or "Menzies" pronounced "mingis". Or "Featherstonehaugh" pronounced "you fat upper-class waster".

For that matter, from our American friends there's Co-Lan Powell. And we haven't even started on personal names derived from town names like Kirkcudbright (Kir-ku-brie) or Happisburgh (Hays-bra).

I guess if that's how your geographical and social influences tell you it's pronounced, and that's how you introduce yourself to people, that's how it'll get said.

Graham.