How do you pronounce my name?

That will always varie depending theer you are. Tell people how to pronounce your name without being an **** and people will do their best. er can be pronounced differently within the uk let alone the English speaking world. Teach people and learn to spell your name its much easier.

If I write it wrong then people pronounce it wrong and this why I posted my question.
I don't think I can blame people for pronounceing my name wrongly If I spell it wrong

Spell it as it is rather than trying to put it phonetically. Most people can't undersatant it - myself included! English pronunciation changes depending on dialect, the words in the phrase and the important worts words. Therefore how you spell it doesn't mean people will get it right. Tell people how it is pronounced and they well follow for a fear of being ignorant. Spell it it ask should b

Thats what I wanted to know. No matter how I write it, people will read it diffrently some may read as "Ja fer" and some may read as "Jay fer".

How would you read it David

AnonymousHow do you pronounce the word "Jafer"?

I pronounce it to rhyme with "wafer". You can hear it here:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wafer

But more important, how do you pronounce it? Tell us how you pronounce it, and we

Thanks CalifJim

Yes the letter "J" pronounced the same as in English and the name is promounced as JA fer.

Anonymous and the name is promounced as JA fer.

This tells us nothing. It is not written in any standard symbol system.

Does it rhyme with "offer", "laugher", or "wafer"? (Use www.m-w.com if necessary.)

CJ

It is pronounced like the following:
http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=&ie=UTF-8&text=ja+fer&sl=en&tl=en#en|en|Jaf%20er

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Use the following link:

http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=&ie=UTF-8&text=ja+fer&sl=en&tl=en#en%7Cen%7Cjaf%20er

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