Wordcraft Community Home Page
Ralf/Rafe

This topic can be found at:
https://wordcraft.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/932607094/m/2420062996

December 30, 2020, 05:29
Geoff
Ralf/Rafe
Is there any way to know when someone named Ralph pronounces it one way or the other? Is it regional? If so,, what regions? Vaughn Williams and Finnes come to mind.
December 30, 2020, 05:50
BobHale
More of a class thing, I think.


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
December 30, 2020, 11:17
haberdasher
Hmm.

I think "Rackstraw" is another.
December 31, 2020, 06:05
Geoff
"Rackstraw?" I don't understand. I find no people with two pronunciations of the name. Please guide me, Hab.
December 31, 2020, 17:46
haberdasher
Backwards: Ralph Rackstraw. See HMS Pinafore.
January 01, 2021, 05:49
Geoff
Ahhh, now I get it!