How do you pronounce O'Gean?
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I don't have a clue, but if you're trying to name one of your characters, I suggest you choose a name that you and most everybody else can pronounce.
It is extremely irritating to be reading a story and have to stop to wonder how a name is pronounced.
It is extremely irritating to be reading a story and have to stop to wonder how a name is pronounced.
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When I read it before actually thinking about it, I pronounced it "o-jeen", but seconds later I was thinking I was foolish to read it that way and that it's actually "o-geen". So, only two syllables either way for me.
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But it is just a guess. Emphasis on GEE
ETA: It isn't listed on pronouncenames.com
ETA2: It has been my experience that even related families can pronounce the family name differently. So getting it right isn't necessarily getting it right.
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True confession: The first time I read Harry Potter with my first 9yo (way back in the day, before the movies came out) I thought Hermione was pronounced HER-me-own. I got through the whole first book before I found out I was pronouncing it wrong. I'm reading it again with my current 9yo, and she howled with laughter when I told her that.