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Subject: "Rafe" is the British prononciation but it used to be the American pronounciation, too. Ralph Waldo Emerson, the 19th-c American orator and philosopher, was a Rafe.


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Jeanne
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Date Posted: 4/09/08 10:14
In reply to: Spell it the way it sounds! 's message, "Since the name of the board is "Ralph", can we address the pronunciation of Ralph Fiennes first name? He pronounces it 'Rafe", but spells it "Ralph"." on 4/09/08 9:39
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I like the pronounciation of 'leff-tenant' for lieutenant. Otherwise it sounds like 'loo attendant'. Not classy. (NT)Kim 4/09/08 12:04
They'd have had to get a different actor to play Rafe Kramden, don'tcha think? Kathy 5/09/08 3:28

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