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Gabriel Gray, the real name of the character Sylar, from the television series Heroes; Gabriel 'Gabe' Jones, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics, and a member of the Howling Commandos; The title character of Gabriel Knight, a PC game series; Gabriel Lawrence, a character from the Ghost Whisperer
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
The name Gabriel (Hebrew: גַּבְרִיאֵל, Gaḇrīʾēl) is composed of the first person singular possessive form of the Hebrew noun gever (גֶּבֶר), meaning "man", and ʾĒl, meaning "God". This would make the translation of the archangel's name "man of God".
In a 2017 interview, the rock band’s frontman Dave Grohl, 54, revealed he intentionally tricked Walken into mispronouncing their name to get the most out of the actor’s iconic voice.
How to pronounce Nico Iamaleava's name? As noted on Iamaleava's player profile on Tennessee's website, his last name is pronounced phonetically "ee-ah-MAH-LAY-ah-va."
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The BBC Pronunciation Unit, also known as the BBC Pronunciation Research Unit, is an arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) comprising linguists (phoneticians) whose role is "to research and advise on the pronunciation of any words, names or phrases in any language required by anyone in the BBC". [1]
People were left scratching their heads when Elon Musk revealed the name of the baby boy he and musician Grimes welcomed earlier this week. Well, now the businessman is explaining just how to say ...