Re: Ridiculous argument over Stephen
in reply to a message by Cake or Death
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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").