Hades- a pedantic question.

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Say you knew someone who had called their child Hades.

If you were talking about a possession of Hades, eg. his coat, would it be;

1. Hades' coat (Hay-dees-es) coat
2. Hadeses coat (hay-dees-es) coat
3. Hades coat (Hay-dees)

Or another option?

Honestly, are you entirely sure that they aren’t calling him haydie and so haydie’s coat is sensible?

And they’re looking at you strangely because you keep calling him hades. Or the think you want people to say haydie’s’s instead.

In 2017, 3 kids were registered as Hades. No results for other years but it only shows up once it reaches 3

Has someone actually called their kid Hades?!

But in answer to your question - number 1. Hades' stupid fucking name.

We have two ‘S’ ending names, in writing it’s always Hades’ but I would vocalise Had-ee-ses

So for example it would be Miles’ pronounced Milezes and Agnes’ pronounced Agnessez coats.

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Terrible. Just terrible.

Really? I have a similar surname and I always use Hades' I'm certainly not a historical figure! Neither are the Snowball manufacturers Lees' 🤷‍♀️

All I want to know is why anyone would do this to.their child?

I have a Frances. Frances's is correct (Franceses) but a bit of a mouthful so I always say Frankie's. I don't really call her Frankie any other time but everyone else does. It does solve the issue though!

I think the choice is actually about what sounds right.

Lees-es sounds stupid. So Lees’ it is. Same with Dickens’. Dickenses sounds daft.

And people think Terry Pratchett is dead!

@Violettaa cracking up!!!!

Not as long as we speak his name.

GNU Pterry

@SudocremOnEverything that's interesting, I hadn't thought about Lees', I guess I probably would just say Lees coat! I'm a hypocrite!!

I have a child with a name like this.
It is always Hades's coat but pronounced Hay-dees coat.

I don't think Hades needs a coat. I hear it's very hot in The Underworld.

I guess he won't be being baptised into any church with that name, nor going to a faith school. What's his middle name, Lucifer?

I agree that Hades is a great name for a cat!

Hay dees coat.

but I think that’s coz Adie is quite a common surname here and most boys go by their surname after a certain age and it would be weird sounding for me to say ay dee sees out loud

Wasn’t there a poster who some time ago posted about a relative going to name their child Hades and the relative couldn’t see what the problem was

This your brother’s kid again?

Hades' coat, James' coat.

The second 's' is superfluous as the apostrophe signifies there is a 'missing' 's' compared to verbal pronunciation.

This is how it was taught in schools in the 70's anyway.

Hadeses, Jameses is used when there are multiple people with the same name, i.e. a bus load of men named James.

None of them.

It would be Hades's. The same rule applies to any other name, apostrophe + + s for a possessive.

" Hades' " would be a plural possessive, meaning the coat that belonged to multiple Hadeses.

OP if, as you say, people look at you like you've got three heads, are you perhaps Hades' dog?

If I met a child called Hades the last thing on my mind would be what to call his coat.

Absolutely love this solution.

So we should all agree to call him Hankie when we’re talking about his coat, but he can stay as Hades the rest of the time.

I love most classic Greek/Latin names ; Hades/Dis , Persephone/Perserpina ,Claudia (Cloudia), Orpheus obviously Euridce.Just love them,reminds me of my care free teenage years!