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HelpRe: Ridiculous argument over Stephen
in reply to a message by Cake or Death
Oh, I did. :) She wouldn’t answer my “how do you pronounce colonel?” question!
I’ve never met a Stephen pronounced Stefan, and I’m American. Steven is more popular here, though (Stephen’s at #284 for 2018, Steven sits at #198).
I’ve never met a Stephen pronounced Stefan, and I’m American. Steven is more popular here, though (Stephen’s at #284 for 2018, Steven sits at #198).
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Where I live, Stephen is usually STEFF-en (very rarely STEE-ven), and Stefan is either ste-FAHN or STEF-ahn, but either way it has a very clear "AH" sound in the last syllable while Stephen with the F sound has a short, unnoticeable schwa at the end like Steven. You don't even really make the vowel, you almost go straight from the "ph" to the "n" (with maybe a little bit of "ih" like the word "in").
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