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in reply to a message by Melissa
I was on the Richard Bacon BBC radio program about unusual names Monday where one of the main guests was a young British woman named Hephzibah who likes her name very much. You should still be able to listen to the program for a few more days. (The segment on names is the last hour of the 3 hour program.)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hh4ry
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hh4ry
This message was edited 2/11/2009, 12:27 PM
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Did she prn it like HEF-zih-beh or hef-ZEE-buh? Just curious. Hephzibah seems like one of those unusual names that could take on different pronunciations.
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I'm just listening to it and she says Hep-zi-bah. She was known as Hepsy as a child. Her sister is apparently Seraphina, so what a great sib-set.
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Yes.
I just asked mafiosa below this same question, except I've always heard the name as "HEP-zi-bah." How did the young woman on your radio program pronounce her name?
I just asked mafiosa below this same question, except I've always heard the name as "HEP-zi-bah." How did the young woman on your radio program pronounce her name?
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The young woman on the radio program pronounced Hepzibah with a "p" sound at the end of the first syllable, as you do.
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Hepzibah
I pronounce it like that too. No idea why...it's not like I even know anybody by that name or anything!
I pronounce it like that too. No idea why...it's not like I even know anybody by that name or anything!
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