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[Opinions] Yes, I have!
by Kate
3/31/2011, 3:07 PM
in reply to a message by Siân
I used to know a family with a son named Jacob, which they pronounced as JAY-cup. That annoyed me to no end!
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- Esyllt (fishl_x)   +1
4/1/2011, 2:19 PM
I don't think its usually the actual pronounciation, I think it's just being too lazy or speaking too fast to say it properly. I think its different than like going out of the way to pronounce something like Chelsea as Chel-SAH.It could also be a dialect thing. I don't even notice it but I'm pretty sure we call my brother's friend JAY-cup/JAY-cub.
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- beethoven (guest)
4/2/2011, 5:46 AM
????How can you guys even tell when people say Jaycup instead of Jacob or Caylip instead of Caleb? It sounds exactly the same in my dialect. Even Benjermin vs Benjamin the middle syllable goes by too fast to tell. and Chelsah for Chelsea is totally different.
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- Siân (Sharley)
4/1/2011, 2:23 AM
This reminds me that my sister's dog Caleb is often called Cay-lup.
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- Caralena Estelle (GiovannaDevorah)   +2
3/31/2011, 5:54 PM
ben-jer-minnI guess you can add this to the list. I have no idea why people want to put an R in Benjamin. But it's why I could never use the name. So many people say Ben-jer-min instead of ben-jah-min.
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- Hola123
4/1/2011, 3:06 PM
Woah! I've never really thought about it before but now that I think of it, I've definitely heard people pronounce it like that.
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- Cait (caiti)
4/1/2011, 8:48 AM
Really?! I've never heard it before, although I definitely don't want to.
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- Serel Channah (floppery)
3/31/2011, 4:37 PM
When I was younger I thought Jacob was spelled Jacup or something like that. It wasn't until I started really looking at this website that I found out the real spelling. I had only known boys named Jake and never seen Jacob written out.
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- Dracotorix
3/31/2011, 3:28 PM
Haha, my brother is named Jacob and I've caught myself saying "JAY-cup" sometimes if I'm talking too fast or being too lazy to say the "b". :P
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