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Pronunciation of Jekyll in Glasgow, Scotland
| j | is pronounced as | j | in jug | |
| ee | is pronounced as | ee | in see | |
| k | is pronounced as | k | in key | |
| l | is pronounced as | l | in let |
Phonetic Spelling:[ j ee k l ]
j
ee
k
l
jug
see
key
let
Type of Name:
Last Name
Language:
Scots
Additional Information:
Letter to the Times, Nov. 28, 1980:
Sir,
Mr Roger Lancelyn Green (25 November) asks whether it is known how Robert Louis Stevenson intended the name of Dr Jekyll should be pronounced. Fortunately a reporter from the San Francisco Examiner, who interviewed Stevenson in his hotel bedroom in San Francisco on 7 June 1888, asked him that very question:
‘There has been considerable discussion, Mr Stevenson, as to the pronunciation or Dr Jekyll’s name. Which do you consider to be correct?’
Stevenson (described as propped up in bed ‘wearing a white woollen nightdress and a tired look’) replied: ‘By all means let the name be pronounced as though it spelt “Jee-kill”, not “Jek-ill”. Jekyll is a very good family name in England, and over there it is pronounced in the manner stated.’
Yours faithfully,
Ernest Mehew
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Pronunciation of Jekyll in north of england
Phonetic Spelling:[ J:jug ee:see k:key uu:put l:let ]
Type of Name:
last name
Language:
scottish
Gender:
Male
Additional Information:
From the book about Dr.jekyll and Mr.Hyde
Pronunciation of Jekyll in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
| j | is pronounced as | j | in jug | |
| eh | is pronounced as | e | in pet | |
| k | is pronounced as | k | in key | |
| uh | is pronounced as | u | in up | |
| l | is pronounced as | l | in let |
Phonetic Spelling:[ J EH - k uh l ]
J
EH
-
k
uh
l
jug
pet
key
up
let
Type of Name:
Last Name
Language:
Europe, specific country unknown
Gender:
Male, Female
Alternate Spelling(s):
Jeckel
Additional Information:
Made famous by the 1886 novella by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."
Pronunciation of Jekyll in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
JEH-kull
Type of Name:
Last Name
Language:
Europe, specific country unknown
Gender:
Male, Female
Alternate Spelling(s):
Jeckel
Additional Information:
Made famous by the 1886 novella by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."
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