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Jackson6612 Posted 16 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Steven, Stephen

Why is Stephen pronounced stee-ven, not stee-phen? Aren't Steven and Stephen supposed to be pronounced in different ways? Perhaps, they come from two different regions where people use different spellings for the same name. Please guide me.
  

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I pronounce them the same. org/wiki/Stephen . The feminine form - Stephanie - is pronounced: Steph -an-ee

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  • I pronounce them the same.
  • org/wiki/Stephen .
  • The feminine form - Stephanie - is pronounced: Steph -an-ee
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I pronounce them the same. For information on this name see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen.

The feminine form - Stephanie - is pronounced: Steph-an-ee
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Both can be pronounced as in steve, but only 'Stephen' can be pronounced as in steff.
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The Reason for the "STEEV-en" for the spelling STEPHEN is because of the Male Orientation OF the name the First E is Long and the PH mimics F's Second pronunciation carried by the word OF said "uV" This is the F they speak OF! The name's pronunciation Counter-Genders the name STEPHANIE said "STeF-uh-Nee"
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AnonymousSTEPHANIE said "STeF-uh-Nee"
Not always so. It is often pronounced as "Stef-ah-nee".
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AnonymousThe Reason for the "STEEV-en" for the spelling STEPHEN is because of the Male Orientation OF the name the First E is Long and the PH mimics F's Second pronunciation carried by the word OF said "uV"
Have you any evidence for this bizarre theory?
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