Wait, that's pronounced how? 1 1

[Get Marwood & I]

12 minutes ago, Erndog said:

Yeah, I guess I'm similar but I say Muh-fist-toe

Hmm

There's something strangley erotic about this:

 

[ADAMANTIUM]

33 minutes ago, Jayman said:

I always pronounced it Meh-fist-toe 

I know it's an I, but I always said Meh-festo...

Edited April 28, 2018 by ADAMANTIUM

[Get Marwood & I]

2 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

I know it's an I, but I always said Meh-festo...

Well you've made a bad fest of that. Sorry fist. You've got me at it now. 

[ADAMANTIUM]

8 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Well you've made a bad fest of that. Sorry fist. You've got me at it now. 

Well, it could be I'm just lazy, but it sounds purrtier, 

[Gaard]

Who decides what the definitive pronouncement is? The writer?

 

Growing up, It was always...

Thae-nos

Me-feast-o

Mag-neat-o

And I always pronounced it as Professor Ex-Zav-yer (later I was told it was like "Xylophone", there's no "x" sound.

[Ken Aldred]

2 hours ago, Jayman said:

I always read it as Kah-Zar myself...

Yup. Likewise.

Maybe the article I read wasn't allowing for regional variation; American as well as British?

So, those statements can't be all-inclusive and definitive.

Edited April 28, 2018 by Ken Aldred