How Do You Pronounce...

[ManofTheAtom]

...Boniface?

Boni-Face or Boni-Fache?

How do you pronounce Archer?

Ar-Cher or Ar-ker?

[magnusr]

You made me think when I saw the question on Facebook. I've always pronounced Boniface in a way that doesn't feel like it's the right way. So I found it in a video and it's the french pronounciation. Bonni-fass. To me it feels like a french name and that's how I pronounce it. Archer on the other hand feels like english. Ar-cher.

/Magnus

PS, I could just vote for one option.

[Chiclo]

You made me think when I saw the question on Facebook. I've always pronounced Boniface in a way that doesn't feel like it's the right way. So I found it in a video and it's the french pronounciation. Bonni-fass. To me it feels like a french name and that's how I pronounce it. Archer on the other hand feels like english. Ar-cher.

/Magnus

PS, I could just vote for one option.

Boniface definitely came from Latin but it may have come into English through Norman French. I would expect the French origin.

Archer very definitely did come into English from Norman French. Bowman would be the Anglo-Saxon counterpart.

[ManofTheAtom]

I messed up the poll, lol. People should be able to vote for two options.

[ManofTheAtom]

You made me think when I saw the question on Facebook. I've always pronounced Boniface in a way that doesn't feel like it's the right way. So I found it in a video and it's the french pronounciation. Bonni-fass. To me it feels like a french name and that's how I pronounce it. Archer on the other hand feels like english. Ar-cher.

/Magnus

PS, I could just vote for one option.

I messed up the poll, sorry, lol.

I do agree that it should be pronounced the French way for sure.

[possumgrease]

Jack is in New Orleans so I think it's either going to be Bonni (short o) - face or fass. Doubtful that it's fache.

I do know some folks with the last name of Boney, pronounced like, you know, bone - ee, but I doubt Boniface would get Boney-Face because it's just too on the nose. Or maybe there is no nose because of the skull. I don't know.

I've always pronounced it "Shadowman" and just avoid it all together.

[possumgrease]

What about Leeja from Magnus? Is it "Lee-ah" or "Lee-ja" like jam?

[The Chosen 1]

What about Leeja from Magnus? Is it "Lee-ah" or "Lee-ja" like jam?

I never even considered it could have been Lee-ah. I just always thought it was Lee-ja. Now i'm not sure how it shold be pronounced.

I always pronounced Boniface as Bon-e-fase. Short O on the Bon, and Face like a persons face. But i have heard people pronounce it Bon-e-Fachi

[ManofTheAtom]

Jack is in New Orleans so I think it's either going to be Bonni (short o) - face or fass. Doubtful that it's fache.

I do know some folks with the last name of Boney, pronounced like, you know, bone - ee, but I doubt Boniface would get Boney-Face because it's just too on the nose. Or maybe there is no nose because of the skull. I don't know.

I've always pronounced it "Shadowman" and just avoid it all together.

Jeff Gomez told me on Facebook that Hall pronounces it Face, so I guess that's how it is, heh.

[ManofTheAtom]

What about Leeja from Magnus? Is it "Lee-ah" or "Lee-ja" like jam?

I never even considered it could have been Lee-ah. I just always thought it was Lee-ja. Now i'm not sure how it shold be pronounced.

I always pronounced Boniface as Bon-e-fase. Short O on the Bon, and Face like a persons face. But i have heard people pronounce it Bon-e-Fachi

Glad to know I wasn't the only one, heh.

[ManofTheAtom]

What about Leeja from Magnus? Is it "Lee-ah" or "Lee-ja" like jam?

I pronounce it Lee-ja. Hadn't considered the alternative. Interesting.

[Tim]

When was a kid it was always Boni-face (more like Bahn-uh-fus, really) but now that I'm more learned and worldly it's Bone-I-Fachee.

It never occurred to me that Archer was pronounced any differently than AR-chur.

[ManofTheAtom]

When was a kid it was always Boni-face (more like Bahn-uh-fus, really) but now that I'm more learned and worldly it's Bone-I-Fachee.

It never occurred to me that Archer was pronounced any differently than AR-chur.

I've heard it both ways. Might be a British/American thing, heh.

[caxiotis]

As a kid I pronounced Boney Face. When I grew up I met somebody with the same name and he pronounced it Bon-eh-fiss. He was from New Orleans so immediately changed the way I pronounced Shadowman’s name.

However I also pronounced Geoff as Gee-Off, and Gilad as Guy-Lad,, so I am not credible

[ManofTheAtom]

As a kid I pronounced Boney Face. When I grew up I met somebody with the same name and he pronounced it Bon-eh-fiss. He was from New Orleans so immediately changed the way I pronounced Shadowman’s name.

However I also pronounced Geoff as Gee-Off, and Gilad as Guy-Lad,, so I am not credible

Heh.

[Tim]

When I was a teenager a friend of mine insisted on calling Solar "So-Lar". Like a *SQUEE* Masters of the Universe character.

[ManofTheAtom]

When I was a teenager a friend of mine insisted on calling Solar "So-Lar". Like a *SQUEE* Masters of the Universe character.

[TheFerg714]

None of the above? I pronounce it just like Google says to pronounce it: bAA-nih-fihs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nehfcey87Zk

[ManofTheAtom]

None of the above? I pronounce it just like Google says to pronounce it: bAA-nih-fihs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nehfcey87Zk

Nice.

[ManofTheAtom]

I've been watching Fargo, and in the third episode of the fourth season one of the Italian characters pronounces "Bonifacio" with the Ch sound.

That makes me wonder that maybe "Boniface" with the Ch sound might be the Italian pronunciation of the name as opposed to the French fass.

[ManofTheAtom]

SISTER BONIFACE MYSTERIES Season 1

Boni-fass.