I have a friend who pronounces Geoff as 'Gorf'

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Anybody else have any friends who are constantly challenged by simple names or words?

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:34 (twenty years ago)

I wouldn't for long.

― Hukl, Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

Murder?

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:38 (twenty years ago)

Your friend is stupid.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:39 (twenty years ago)

Oh yeah, I know.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:39 (twenty years ago)

People who can't figure out how to pronounce written words or names

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:41 (twenty years ago)

Oh goodness me.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:43 (twenty years ago)

http://www.college-park.com/assets/images/geoff_nicholas-2.jpg
Geoff on Golf.

― geyser muffler and a quarter (Dave225), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:46 (twenty years ago)

When he is pronouncing "Geoff" as "GORF", does he, by any chance, have a cock in his mouth?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:49 (twenty years ago)

If he does then he's concealing it very well.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:51 (twenty years ago)

i used to call my geoff friend 'gee-off'
i think he liked it

― dahlin (dahlin), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

My father-in-law has a funny accent that means he pronounes "wash" as "worsh".

― Felix Leiter (nordicskilla), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

Our first president: Gourd Worshingberry

― geyser muffler and a quarter (Dave225), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:59 (twenty years ago)

maybe he has misread the first 'f' as 'r' for his entire life

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Thursday, 14 July 2005 17:08 (twenty years ago)

I have known several people who pronounce it "Gee-off" not realizing it's the same name as Jeff.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 14 July 2005 17:13 (twenty years ago)

My father-in-law has a funny accent that means he pronounes "wash" as "worsh".

Is your father-in-law from Alabama by any chance? That's very much a part of the accent from that region.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 14 July 2005 17:30 (twenty years ago)

A lot of the people in DC pronounce it as "Warshington DC."

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 14 July 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)

Is your father-in-law from Alabama by any chance? That's very much a part of the accent from that region.

I've heard it in various places. He lives in Indiana, right?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 14 July 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

It's not that far from how a posh British person would say it. Just with a little extra ARRRRRRR.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 14 July 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

"worsh" is a pittsburgh thing.

― the urban heat island effect (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 14 July 2005 19:24 (twenty years ago)

My coworker say temPLATE. You think he would pick up on it, when everyone else around you says "TEM-plette" all the time. He's sticking to it.

― andy --, Thursday, 14 July 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)

'warsh' is big in st louis too, but I've heard it from certain folks everywhere I've lived.

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 14 July 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

cover-connect this to slint's spiderland:

http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2000-04-14/music_feature2-1.jpg

― the urban heat island effect (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 14 July 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

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― Je4nne ƒur¥ (Je4nne Fury), Thursday, 14 July 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)

UGLY MEN IN WATER

― the urban heat island effect (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 14 July 2005 19:46 (twenty years ago)

http://www.dcist.com/images/2005_01_borf-sign.JPG

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/13/AR2005071302448.html

― matlewis (matlewis), Thursday, 14 July 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)

Geoffrey

From an Old French form of a Germanic name. The second element is Germanic frid "peace", but the first element may be either gawia "territory", walah "stranger", gisil "hostage" or god "god" (see GODFREY). It is possible that two or more names merged into a single form. The name was introduced to England by the Normans, where it became common among the nobility. Famous literary bearers include the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth and the 14th-century poet Geoffrey Chaucer, writer of 'The Canterbury Tales'.

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 14 July 2005 19:54 (twenty years ago)

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