How do you pronounce evelyn waughs name

Miss Julie Senior Member Chicago metro area. We in the U. My cousin's name is Evelyn. We've always pronounced it with three syllables, the middle syllable mostly swallowed and nearly unheard, but three syllables nonetheless.

Miss Julie said:. While this is generally true, we do try to follow the wishes of the person bearing the name and those of us aware of Mr. Waugh's preference follow it. Evelyn Waugh So the name is pronounced like " level-in ," except when it's not. Isn't the goal to stick to what is generally true here on VF, so as not to confuse our learners? Note that the question was specifically about Evelyn Waugh and not the general case.

For me it has always been "ev lin". Pronunciation of names tends to be very reliant on one's relationship to the bearer of the name and their pronunciation of their name.

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This fellow Waugh hails from Northumberland, and his name is pronounced "Woff" by all the newsreaders. Now, the sound "Woff" is sort of halfway between the grinding Scottish sound and the nothing English sound. Does this mean that the further north you get, the more authentic it gets? And that it actually goes in degrees, and changes every 50 miles?

Dear Dr Wordsmith, I think the previous letter has an interesting point. When does authentic become unauthentic? You yourself complained the other day that people called machismo "mackismo" when it should be pronounced "machismo". But how would you adjudicate the pronunciation of "masochism"? This particular deviation is named after a Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, whose name pronounced in German would also have ended with the same sound as the Scottish "loch".

Should we therefore say "masochism" with a grinding noise in the middle? Evelyn Waugh always gets the long E. Irish — Ev-uh-lin. So sorry, I just noticed this was in General. Feel free to flag. I pronounce it the same way Evelyn does. Login or Join to answer. We had trouble talking to the server. Please try again. Your answer will be saved while you login or join. Live Preview. Older ». Have a question? Ask Fluther! What do you know more about? You've got knowledge matches!

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