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Raef??

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wineandpopcorn · 27/08/2015 13:40

What do people think of the name raef for a boy?

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Behooven · 29/08/2015 01:24

Hahahahahaha,.......disappears over the horizon in a pretentious manner
[fuxache]

SniffsAndSneezes · 29/08/2015 01:02

I've been saying Ralph Lauren wrong all this time...

Arsenic · 29/08/2015 00:23

Ranulph is pronounced how? Confused

The problem with all this Ranulph/Ralph/Raef stuff is that it comes across to 95% of the population as pretentious poppycock, which might well be completely unfair/misguided/silly, but there it is.

orchidnap · 29/08/2015 00:11

Sorry I completely misread, I thought you meant Ralph would get spelled as Ralf by mistake which is why I couldn't understand why anyone would as Ralph is more usual :)

wafflyversatile · 28/08/2015 00:14

Oh, that threw me!

According to youtube(!)

Ranulph is pronounce Ralf

and Ralph is is pronounce Rafe!

This actually sounds more like Raith to me. [brain explodes]

ouryve · 28/08/2015 00:12

sorry, Ranulph. Tired, now.

ouryve · 28/08/2015 00:10

Yes, that is Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes

ouryve · 28/08/2015 00:09

There is both Ranulf of the give Mr Grylls a run for his money variety and Ralph of the harry potter films and most definitely not to be confused with Joseph with the sexy shoulders in Shakespeare in Love.

WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 28/08/2015 00:02

Am I the only person who thought it was

Ranulph finnes?

We know a Ralph (rafe) who is about 9 now. Cute kid. Cute name.

wafflyversatile · 27/08/2015 22:50

Unfortunately no one I know remembers 1900 hence everyone's confusion when Ralph Fiennes hove into public view.

Colyngbourne · 27/08/2015 22:08

Ralph was always pronounced "Rafe" until about 1900.

If you want the pronunciation to be obvious, then use "Rafe" rather than "Raef".

lugo40 · 27/08/2015 19:24

I really like the name rafe. I think this thread proves you may get some ralf pronounciation though so if that bothers you raef is clear to me

lugo40 · 27/08/2015 19:14

I never knew that. I would only ever pronounce Ralph with an l sound. And rafe as a ray sound with FF on the end.

MamaLazarou · 27/08/2015 18:10

I think it's awful, sorry.

scatterthenuns · 27/08/2015 18:00

Go for Rafe.

Ralph (pronounced Ralph) and Ralph (pronounced Rafe, like Voldemort) is one that people will always fuck up.

SillyBub · 27/08/2015 18:00

My cousin is a grown-up Raef. I can't disassociate the name from him which means I don't actually like the name at all

lunar1 · 27/08/2015 17:56

I wouldn't have a clue how to say it to be honest!

PermetsTu · 27/08/2015 17:55

lugo, Ralph and Rafe are both pronounced 'rafe' (although Ralph is also sometimes pronounced 'ralf').

I have a Rafe. Lovely name. It's a nickname though. He's actually named after a ninja turtle. Grin

lugo40 · 27/08/2015 17:51

i'm sorry i am being really thick but i am totally confused.

Ralph and Ralf - are they not pronounced the same?
and Rafe or raef is nice name but definitely very different pronunciation to ralph or ralf..

have i missed something?

girlandboy · 27/08/2015 16:40

Then if you like the sound of Rafe, then please don't spell it as Raef because that just looks made up.

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wineandpopcorn · 27/08/2015 14:42

I don't like made up names either, but I really don't like the name Ralf, which is what it would get called constantly if we used the correct spelling Grin.

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beardsrock · 27/08/2015 14:23

I know someone whose name is Deen.

Yes, Deen. Sounds like Dean, but the mum wanted to be different and spell it Deen.

Cue millions of 'No, it's Deen, not D-E-A-N' conversations.

wafflyversatile · 27/08/2015 14:19

"I'm not sure why anyone would think it was Ralf rather than Ralph??"

Because until Ralph Fiennes came on the go everyone pronounced Ralph as Ralf. I distinctly remember everyone going ''what? Rafe? Rafe? Not Ralf? Why does he pronounce it like that? Whut? lol'' or words to that effect.

19lottie82 · 27/08/2015 14:19

Sounds like, Rayf?

I'm not sure how to pronounce that, sorry!

beardsrock · 27/08/2015 14:17

Like Nadal?