Anonymous
Post 01/11/2022 00:04     Subject: End this family debate about the correct pronunciation of the last name "Saget"
Anonymous wrote:Have you ever heard a clip of Bob Saget referring to himself as Bob Sazhay?

Or for that matter, anyone else refer to him as such?
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2022 00:04     Subject: End this family debate about the correct pronunciation of the last name "Saget"
Have you ever heard a clip of Bob Saget referring to himself as Bob Sazhay?
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 23:49     Subject: End this family debate about the correct pronunciation of the last name "Saget"
Ask Bret Favre

or Joe Theisman

Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 23:11     Subject: End this family debate about the correct pronunciation of the last name "Saget"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:LOL I was from the South and thought my friends name was Beech um. Ummm it’s Beauchamp.


New Yorkers say HOW STUN instead of HEW STUN. Texans say HEW STUN.

No, both New Yorkers and Texans call the street in Manhattan HOWSTUN and the city in Texas HEWSTUN. Because they’re pronounced differently.


Yup. this ☝️
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 23:07     Subject: End this family debate about the correct pronunciation of the last name "Saget"
Hold on, let me ask Uncle Ruckus (who pronounces his name roo-koo because he's bougie like that).
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 22:25     Subject: End this family debate about the correct pronunciation of the last name "Saget"
Sa Jay
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 22:06     Subject: End this family debate about the correct pronunciation of the last name "Saget"
Anonymous wrote:A family member was telling me last night the correct pronunciation is "Sa Jay" not "Sag It"

Yes or no?

Does it all depend on what part of the world you live in?



Sa jay and tar jay! Cuz we fancy like that.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 21:06     Subject: Re:End this family debate about the correct pronunciation of the last name "Saget"
There are many people who immigrated to the US and changed or Anglicized their names during immigration. So there are many ethnic names that have different pronunciations here in the US based on the immigrant and how they chose to pronounce their names when they immigrated.

So, while it may have been one thing originally, it may no longer be that, at least for some branches of a family. I have an Asian last name and my father simplified the pronunciation of the name when he came through immigration. So, we say it slightly differently in English than other people with the same name. We also spell it differently because of the way my father chose to spell it when he came. There are about 6 different ways to spell our last name here in the US. My father chose one of the more common spellings, but I've still seen many variants of my surname around the US.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 17:20     Subject: End this family debate about the correct pronunciation of the last name "Saget"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:LOL I was from the South and thought my friends name was Beech um. Ummm it’s Beauchamp.


New Yorkers say HOW STUN instead of HEW STUN. Texans say HEW STUN.

No, both New Yorkers and Texans call the street in Manhattan HOWSTUN and the city in Texas HEWSTUN. Because they’re pronounced differently.


Ok. If you say so.


NP - this is correct.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 17:00     Subject: End this family debate about the correct pronunciation of the last name "Saget"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can't help you. We have several generations still working on
"worcestershire sauce".


oh god! my kid says "wore-chester-shire" sauce.


We say Woost-e-sheer
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 16:57     Subject: End this family debate about the correct pronunciation of the last name "Saget"
Anonymous wrote:Can't help you. We have several generations still working on
"worcestershire sauce".


oh god! my kid says "wore-chester-shire" sauce.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 15:40     Subject: End this family debate about the correct pronunciation of the last name "Saget"
I wonder why Ralph Macchio pronounces it "Ma-chee-o" instead of "Ma-key-o" but, we should pronounce names the bearer wants them pronounced.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 15:35     Subject: End this family debate about the correct pronunciation of the last name "Saget"
No, it's sag-IT.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 11:42     Subject: Re:End this family debate about the correct pronunciation of the last name "Saget"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You pronounce it that way it is pronounced by the person whose name it is.


Well it is the last name of the person my family member knows who pronounces it "Sa Jay"


And you can tell them that the same name can have different pronunciations. In a particular case, defer to the person whose name it is.

By the way, my family is still trying to undo the work of a few past relatives who decided to make the family name sound French. At this point, the correct pronunciation depends on the individual.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 11:42     Subject: End this family debate about the correct pronunciation of the last name "Saget"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:LOL I was from the South and thought my friends name was Beech um. Ummm it’s Beauchamp.


New Yorkers say HOW STUN instead of HEW STUN. Texans say HEW STUN.

No, both New Yorkers and Texans call the street in Manhattan HOWSTUN and the city in Texas HEWSTUN. Because they’re pronounced differently.


Ok. If you say so.


Just because many people say the names wrong doesn't mean that's not how they are supposed to be pronounced.

Texans who aren't hayseed tourists call the street in Manhattan "How-stun" because that's what it's supposed to be called. New Yorkers who aren't the living embodiment of that New Yorker cartoon showing everything west of the Hudson a barren wasteland call the Texas city "Hyoo-stun" because that's what it's supposed to be called.