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[Ginga Wilder]

It is pronounced Cuthbert.  The problem is that the name is unfamiliar to
many, many people who panic at all the consonants.  I help them say it and
so, no biggie.  It simply happens a lot.

Ginga
..wearing a Cuthbert cross today

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm wondering now if Cuthbert is pronounced as Cuthbert or not?????  (Is
> this a case of Cobert?)
>
> IAC, I'm still surprised by those who can't pronounce Conant even after I
> tell them.
>
> "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
> humbly with your God?"
> Micah 6:8
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 8:10 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Roger wrote:
> > That's how I thought it was pronounced from the first time I saw it.  I
> > assule your maiden name is pronounced the same way as the saint.
> >
> > Yes, exactly.  Cuthbert that I know on the ground here have been called:
> > Cussbert, Cussbut, Cuthberry,Cuthbut....and so on.  I think the
> consonants
> > stop people short.
> >
> > Ginga
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 10:26 AM, Roger Stokes <
> > roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On 27/10/2015 11:09, Ginga Wilder wrote:
> > >
> > >> Well, with Ginga as my chosen name.....it is pronounced jin - ja.  It
> > was
> > >> Ginger until I was 13 when I began spelling it as people pronounced
> it.
> > >> It
> > >> stuck.  When someone who does not know how to pronounce my name goes
> > >> phonetic, I am often called jing-uh or ging-guh.  I am surprised in
> > recent
> > >> years by how often Wilder is pronounced Will-da.  And, then there is
> my
> > >> maiden name Cuthbert.  That is hard for almost everyone who is not
> > >> familiar with the surname.
> > >>
> > >> Jin-ja
> > >>
> > >
> > > That's how I thought it was pronounced from the first time I saw it.  I
> > > assule your maiden name is pronounced the same way as the saint.
> > >
> > > Roger
> > >
> >
>