Grandma828
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The name George denotes regal, dependable, hard working to me.
It is sad that they have to keep using the same names over and over again and not bring in less used royal names. I believe I heard that there is a taboo in using the name John in the BRF, and be wise of Richard III I'm not sure if that name would go over well either.
"George" is rather hard to pronounce. That's my beef with it. But if pronounced with a British accent, I presume the "rrr" (grrr) sound would be mitigated, and even come close to disappearing. Grandma, it does sound "regal, dependable, hard working".
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How can George ever be pronounced as anything other than what it is asks the guy with the English accent?
How do people in the US pronounce George Washington, George Bush or George Clooney? It is a standard english pronounciation
Well, in the US, "George" is pronounced with a hard R. I believe that some British accents I've heard, especially the Oxford type which the royals speak, soften the R.
You "hear" the R but it is less pronounced and softer. Sort of Jawj. Cepe, in America we pronounce the Georges Clooney, Bush, and Washington with that hard R. We do have some regional accents remaining in America, even though most people now speak Standard English. For instance, in Giraffe's neck of the woods, the Southeast, the R would be softened, I believe. I think some Noreastern folks still soften such an R, as President Kennedy would have, but the Noreasters ADD final R's where they don't exist in the spelling, which is to my ears a very strange thing.
Kennedy would drop the final R in "mother".
Some of us in the western US speak without a discernable (by audiologists} accent. We of course have an accent which Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady would have discerned, but much less so.
Haha. I will say I used to get very confused as a child when watching The Sound of Music because I didn't understand what the Captain's name was supposed to be - took me ages to figure out that it was actually 'Georg', but just pronounced so completely differently from 'George' in English that I never would've even thought they were spelled (almost) the same.
Charles II of course had multiple mistresses and children out of wedlock.
Him and every other king in Europe
So, for a change of subject the new (not really believable) rumour is that William and the Queen are on the outs because he wanted Guy Pelly as a godparent and she said no.
Charles II of course had multiple mistresses and children out of wedlock.
I think it's cute. Simple (George ) denoting both many family members BUT also the LAST TWO previous ROYAL DUKES of Cambridge, a Royal Viceroy, A Royal Field Marshall, Commander in Chief,.not too shabby. IMO I think HM Queen Mary would have been delighted at the resurgence of the Cambridge title on one of her descendants, especially the Heir Presumptive. She'd be OVER the Moon at the name chice i think. Who's to say HMTQ didn't honor her grandmother in her choice of the title? Who's to say William didnt also honor his grandmother by further honoring hers? It's been said that HRH The Duke of Cambridge is very much a traditionalist as well on some things ,and he is very close to his grandmother so I don't see anything wrong with "George". What did HRHthe Duchess of Teck say in a letter once about her grandson the new Duke of York " later King George Vi, "let us hope as he grows up his other name "George"will soon surpass his less favored one " I.e. "Albert". Lol
I heard a report on another site (can't remember which), where they were quoting Prince Charles as saying his nickname would be 'Georgie'. Has anyone else heard this?
I kind of hope Georgie has a bit of variety in his godparents!
I feel like we see a lot of the same godparents for each baby.