Steve
Mostly Harmless
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Reminds me of a story I heard once. No idea if it's true, fair warning. But the upshot was that we can pronounce our names however we like. So, I could introduce myself as Steve and spell it G-Y-A-K-U-T-O.An international meeting requires convening to standardise the pronunciation of the -‘stein’ name suffix. If Einstein = ‘Ein-styn‘ then why was Rhoda’s surname ‘Morgan-steen’ (if you remember that programme, you are old!). When referring to the disgraceful Harvey Weinstein should it be pronounced ‘Weinsteen‘ or Weinstyn? How does one pronounce the surname of Prince Andrew’s best ex-friend Jeffrey Epstein…Epstein or Epstyn?