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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our Germanic, ‘W’ initial name should be pronounced with a ‘v’ sound. That’s just silly in an English speaking country. [/quote]

Is it silly when people pronounce Jorge as hor-hey instead of more like George? In English J isn’t pronounced like an H.[/quote]

I’ve known two Jorges. They were both happy to respond to being called George as well. They treated it like a fond nickname, [/quote]

OP here — My poor colleague Jorge was insistent on the George pronunciation, and he got it from every direction. His grandparents/great-grandparents came from Mexico(?) (it’s been 20+ years since I last saw him.) He didn’t speak Spanish. He only knew a little from HS. More recent immigrants or people of Hispanic heritage would give him grief (eg, why aren’t you proud of your heritage?) or tease him. Others would be completely dumbfounded because they couldn’t reconcile his pronunciation with his appearance.

Again, I pronounce names, as best I can, the way a person wants it. I just find the whole subject fascinating.[/quote]

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