How is it said?

How is it said?


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old.Tohtori

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Well, how do you reckon? Proof is a bonus.

If you don't know what this is about, there's an option for you too.
 

kivik

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I've always said "Isack" and I know I've seen at least one movie where they say "Isack". So going to vote for that.
 

leviathane

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Thought it always sounded I-zak. But in the case of sara cox it's isux
 

Levin

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Just think of Heroes. What's the name of the Mendez guy? That's right.

"Izack". Not "Izuck".
 

tris-

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how can something spelt "saac" be pronounced as "suck"

WHAT A CROCK OF BOLLOCKS.
 

tris-

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well saaced isnt a word so i have no idea how youre saying it.
 

Raven

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how can something spelt "saac" be pronounced as "suck"

WHAT A CROCK OF BOLLOCKS.

Because its English, not guttural Euro drivel or whiny American :)
 

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Think of Sir Isaac Newton, do you know him as Sir Isack newton? no...
 

old.Tohtori

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Because its English, not guttural Euro drivel or whiny American :)

I have to say, in a non-nationalisicist way, that English people haven't spoken English since the fluffy collars were in fashion.
 

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Think of Sir Isaac Newton, do you know him as Sir Isack newton? no...

i know him as eye-zak

not i-suck

wikipedia quote
"Sir Isaac Newton FRS (pronounced /ˈnjuːtən/) "

so its pronounced njuːtən, therfore were all wrong.
 

old.Tohtori

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wikipedia quote
"Sir Isaac Newton FRS (pronounced /ˈnjuːtən/) "

so its pronounced njuːtən, therfore were all wrong.

F*ck...well that's a curveball to the groin.

Oh and, if anyone on these boards is named Isaac, how's it hanging Njutten?
 

Raven

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i know him as eye-zak

not i-suck

wikipedia quote
"Sir Isaac Newton FRS (pronounced /ˈnjuːtən/) "

so its pronounced njuːtən, therfore were all wrong.

Thats the surname you noob!

as in the silly J sounding like a Y in eurobabble
 

Raven

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Anyway its a silly name and he is going to have to endure willy jokes regardless of what his first name is, i mean Cox!!!


She should have called it ishmael
 

Raven

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No, i would pronounce it as "Standard Yiẓḥaq" seeing as i am not hebrew
 

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Eye-zuck

oh and "yitzchak" is pronounced "Yitz-huckhk" (the end syllable pronounced like a German "-ch", or a Welsh "Ll")
 

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my mates called isaac .. he says it like I-zuk


btw isaac hayes is awesome.

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