Re: Hugh, Hugo, Huw
in reply to a message by Claire
I find Huw delightful-looking, but it would confuse people where I live, so no. The safe choice for me would be Hugo, which I do enjoy in the English pronunciation: however, locally people would guess it was ˈɦy.ɣoːə. They'd know the English version, but it wouldn't be their first assumption. And Hugh, which I like best, is mysteriously difficult for Afrikaans-speaking people to hear: they hear 'Hugh' and 'You' as the same sound. I have a Hugh friend who prefers to go by his nickname for that reason. So I would only consider Hugh (or indeed Hugo or Huw) as a mn. So, Daniel Hugo Keith, or Daniel Richard Hugh.