Which pronunciation do you use or pre...

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Which pronunciation do you use or pre...
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Sun, 04-08-2007 - 7:04pm

Which pronunciation do you use or prefer for Xavier?



  • ZAY-vee-ur
  • ZAY-vyur
  • ig-ZAY-vee-ur


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Registered: 03-27-2003
Sun, 04-08-2007 - 10:04pm

Wow, seriously?! Currently, ig-ZAY-vee-ur is winning. There's a St. Xavier High School and a Xavier University near me, and they are *always* pronounced ZAY-vyur. I could also see ZAY-vee-ur if they were said more slowly.

I like Xavier a lot, but the ig-ZAY-vee-ur pronunciation sounds really wrong to me. And of course, I could never use it b/c of the close proximity to the college and the high school.

Stephanie

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Mon, 04-09-2007 - 12:53pm

I'm a little shocked that so many people would add that "ig" on the front of it.

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Registered: 01-18-2006
Mon, 04-09-2007 - 1:03pm
I didn't choose any of the three. I tend to pronounce it EX-AVIER (like the professor on X-men - LOL), although I assume the most common pronunciation is Zay-vier. I have never heard of ig-zavier.
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Registered: 06-25-2006
Mon, 04-09-2007 - 1:26pm
I see what you mean. I couldn't decide whether to put EX or IG, but behindthename.com had the IG listed as a pron. I think they mean the same thing.
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Registered: 07-11-2006
Mon, 04-09-2007 - 11:19pm
I can't believe that pronouncing the X is winning. According to the grammer rules I learned in grade school, X's sound is Z when it is in the beginning of a word, not X, think of the word Xylophone. When I hear the Xavier pronounced the X sound, I think the person is functionally illiterate or uneducated or both. Just my opinion of course.
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Thu, 04-19-2007 - 1:35pm

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Registered: 06-25-2006
Thu, 04-19-2007 - 3:51pm
I agree. I naturally pronounce it like ex-zay-vee-ur also. I went with the pron. listed on Behindthename.com for the poll, though.
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