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Posted: May 23 2013 at 10:35

Is it possible that Gillian is pronounced differently than Gillan?

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Posted: May 23 2013 at 10:26

Gillian is pronounced Gillian.

There is no other way.

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Posted: May 23 2013 at 10:17

Ah, this question puzzles me for years. Can one ask Gillian Anderson an autograph if one isn't even sure of the pronounciation of liter... Er, sorry: the pronounciation of her first name?

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Posted: May 23 2013 at 10:09

Now that we have solved 'Ian', how do we pronounce 'Gillan'? With a hard g or like 'ji'? Wacko

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Posted: May 23 2013 at 08:51

Dean wrote:

GIF inventor Steve Wilhite says it should be pronounced 'jif'

I suspect he will lose this, but I agree with him even though there is little reason for pronouncing it that way - [off the top of my head at ten to eight in the morning] the only words I can think of that starts "gi" that are pronounce "ji" are Gill, Gillian and Gist

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Posted: May 23 2013 at 08:36

My middle name is Ian. My son's name is Ian.

Most, but not all, of my family (a blend of Russian, Polish and Scottish) pronounce it eye-an.

Almost everyone else pronounce it ee-an (my preference).

A pediatrician who treated my son when he was an infant called him ee-on.

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Posted: May 23 2013 at 08:25

Eye ann

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Posted: May 23 2013 at 03:16

Stool Man wrote:

Dean wrote:

Stool Man wrote:

Dean wrote:

the only words I can think of that starts "gi" that are pronounce "ji" are Gill, Gillian and Gist

Dean, have you never seen a giant ginger giraffe?

Was he called Geoffrey?

no, he's called Jim, he's a Gypsy Gigolo

Must be something to do with the geometric geography of the gin soaked gem genie then.

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Posted: May 23 2013 at 02:38

Dean wrote:

Stool Man wrote:

Dean wrote:

the only words I can think of that starts "gi" that are pronounce "ji" are Gill, Gillian and Gist

Dean, have you never seen a giant ginger giraffe?

Was he called Geoffrey?

no, he's called Jim, he's a Gypsy Gigolo

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Posted: May 23 2013 at 02:12

Stool Man wrote:

Dean wrote:

the only words I can think of that starts "gi" that are pronounce "ji" are Gill, Gillian and Gist

Dean, have you never seen a giant ginger giraffe?

Was he called Geoffrey?

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Posted: May 23 2013 at 02:08

Dean wrote:

the only words I can think of that starts "gi" that are pronounce "ji" are Gill, Gillian and Gist

Dean, have you never seen a giant ginger giraffe?

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Posted: May 23 2013 at 02:04

In some places, the letter J is pronounced like the letter I. And the letter A is pronounced like the letter O.

This of course, means that Ian Anderson used to be the singer in Yes

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Posted: May 23 2013 at 01:49

GIF inventor Steve Wilhite says it should be pronounced 'jif'

Edited by Dean - May 23 2013 at 02:14

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Posted: May 22 2013 at 17:57

chopper wrote:

Atavachron wrote:

What I want to know is how I'd pronounce my good friend Iain's name. Is it Een ? I'm not sure.

Maybe you could ask your friend?

He's an internet friend, and luckily Snowdog and EtL already answered.

So then who are these "Een" people I keep hearing reference to?

Edited by Atavachron - May 22 2013 at 17:58

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Posted: May 22 2013 at 07:44

refugee wrote:

Dean wrote:

In the East of England it's pronounced slightly different again, the "a" sound is too open in "an", it's more an "uh" sound.

EE-uhn.

That would be a schwa, right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwa

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Posted: May 22 2013 at 07:31

chopper wrote:

Atavachron wrote:

What I want to know is how I'd pronounce my good friend Iain's name. Is it Een ? I'm not sure.

Maybe you could ask your friend?

Dean is correct here as my name 'Iain' is the (Scottish) Gaelic equivalent for 'John' but is pronounced just the same way as the more common 'Ian'

However, my ex wife says it's pronounced 'limp' Ouch

What a strange premise for a thread Confused

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Posted: May 22 2013 at 07:25

Dean wrote:

In the East of England it's pronounced slightly different again, the "a" sound is too open in "an", it's more an "uh" sound.

EE-uhn.

That would be a schwa, right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwa

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Posted: May 22 2013 at 07:21

Atavachron wrote:

What I want to know is how I'd pronounce my good friend Iain's name. Is it Een ? I'm not sure.

Maybe you could ask your friend?

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Posted: May 22 2013 at 05:56

tamijo wrote:

In scandinavia it was even worse, we added fly agaric to the beer, thats why we had to invent extra letters :

æ ø å ö , to get the correct sound of when you talk while at the same time vomit.

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Posted: May 22 2013 at 05:54

True. If we'd been sober we'd not have let you steal the idea for little plastic interlocking toy bricks from us.

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