Haddo's Pronunciation

[tarak]

Someone help me out: Is GL Pease Haddo's Delight properly pronounced "HayDohs" or "HaDohs"?
"Ay" as in "Hay" or "A" as in "Hat"?
I've always said "Hay-Dohs" but recently was told I may be wrong.

 

[aldecaker]

The vowel followed by a double consonant makes me want to go with "rhymes with shadow".

 

[pruss]

I pronounce it "had-ohs".
Kinda like "haddock" - had·dock -ˈhadək/
Interesting Google Search Results:
https://www.houseofnames.com/haddo-family-crest

http://www.haddoestate.com/
-- Pat

 

[tarak]

Dear Greg Pease,
I prefer to say "Haydohs". Please change the spelling of this blend to suit my poor mastery of English.

 

[ericthered]

If you're from a small part of the American northeast, it may be pronounced "Haw-ddos" with the same vowel sound as the word "hopper".
For what it's worth, I side with the "hat" variant.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

The few people whom I might actually talk with about this one blend in a face to face... Yeh, I'd just say it like I wanted. I say Hay-Dohs.

 

[davet]

Pronounce it however you like, I pronounce Latakia wrong and not once has anyone on here corrected me, a very polite bunch.

 

[pitchfork]

I'm pretty sure the d's are silent.

 

[aldecaker]

I'm not sure how you pronounce it, Dave, but I know I pronounce Latakia wrong. The accent is supposed to be on the i, which makes the -kia part sound like, well, Kia. I don't like it, so I put the accent on the second a. Sounds much better to my ear.

 

[davet]

Sounds much better to my ear.

Maybe we are right and everyone else is pronouncing it wrong

 

[brewshooter]

While it is spelled Haddo's it is actually pronounced kwyjibo, just one of the quirks of the English language.

 

[pruss]

While it is spelled Haddo's it is actually pronounced kwyjibo, just one of the quirks of the English language.

By 'English' Brewshooter really means Xersclepo.
-- Pat

 

[brewshooter]

Xersclepo

Did you just make that up?!? That sounds made up! How can we have a meaningful dialogue if you are going to just throw nonsense around?!?! :wink:

 

[pruss]

That sounds made up! How can we have a meaningful dialogue if you are going to just throw nonsense around?!?! :wink:

Who are you? What have you done with Brewshooter!?! IMPOSTER!
-- Pat

 

[brewshooter]

Who are you? What have you done with Brewshooter!?! IMPOSTER!

It is still me, just a more highly evolved version. Are you familiar with the teachings of one L. Ron Hubbard?

 

[huntertrw]

"Someone help me out: Is GL Pease Haddo's Delight properly pronounced "HayDohs" or "HaDohs"?"
Haddo know how it's pronounced, but I do like it!

 

[huntertrw]

"Are you familiar with the teachings of one L. Ron Hubbard?"
Elrond Hubbard...wasn't he a character in one of Mr. Tolkien's books?

 

[pruss]

It is still me, just a more highly evolved version. Are you familiar with the teachings of one L. Ron Hubbard?

I am... Do you, perhaps, know of a testing centre I could visit? I have scads of disposable income and have always wanted to be as happy as Tom Cruise and John Travolta.
-- Pat

 

[brewshooter]

Elrond Hubbard...wasn't he a character in one of Mr. Tolkien's books?

He was some sort of enlightened talking donkey if I a remember correctly. No wait, hmm, I may be thinking of Shrek.

I am... Do you, perhaps, know of a testing centre I could visit? I have scads of disposable income and have always wanted to be as happy as Tom Cruise and John Travolta.

Hot damn do I have good news for you!
Not sure we've really gotten a good answer on the pronunciation of Haddo's Delight in all of this. Let's just all agree to pronounce it DELIGHTFUL...see what I did there?

 

[griffonwing]

Brewshooter.. Did you get that name from someone making you laugh when you were downing a pint?