Jaybo or Jarbo.

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

1 Mar 17

@Happy2BeMe Oh my - another pronunciation! Such a simple name, yet so many variatons.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

1 Mar 17

@Happy2BeMe Thanks, at least there need be no confusion over your user name. Glad you like the photo - I took it on a boat trip on the River Thames.

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Laurel (L_B)

@Happy2BeMe (99380)

• Canada

1 Mar 17

@jaboUK yes it seems that way not that you mentioned hoe it should be pronounced it makes perfect sense. Great picture by the way.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (13122)

• Ireland

1 Mar 17

@jabo I think of you as Jahbo. You can guess the varieties of pronunciation my name suffers.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

1 Mar 17

@xFiacre Well Jahbo and Jarbo sound the same to me.

. Interesting that you should get it wrong too, as you are on my side of the pond, albeit separated by a sea. And your name - let's see - Feearker? Feeayker? Feeakker?

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

1 Mar 17

@xFiacre Is it an Irish name? I know it's some sort of horse-drawn buggy.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (13122)

• Ireland

1 Mar 17

@jaboUK No, Fiacre. Just Fiacre. Also spelled Fiachra if that helps.

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rebel_woman06

@SIMPLYD (90721)

• Philippines

2 Mar 17

I pronounce it in my mind as just Jah-bo. So, it should be pronounced Jaybo. I am glad that you mentioned this. Now I know.

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rebel_woman06

@SIMPLYD (90721)

• Philippines

2 Mar 17

@jaboUK

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@SIMPLYD There are a lot of you that have thought it was spoken like that, according to the comments. I'm really surprised. At least you know now

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (51485)

• Canada

1 Mar 17

I think that almost anything is possible online Janet. But, you don't have a very difficult user name, but I'm used to it I guess.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

1 Mar 17

@Juliaacv I was just surprised that it could be pronounced any other way, and now here is @Happy2BeMe saying she's always thought it was Jawbo!

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (51485)

• Canada

1 Mar 17

@jaboUK That's funny, I think that we should do a discussion asking what people interpret our login names as......that might be interesting!

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

1 Mar 17

@Juliaacv There's surely not much scope for misinterpretation of yours? Julia-ay-cee-vee?

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Beatburn

@Beatburn (4286)

• Philippines

2 Mar 17

I pronounce it as Jahbo. But now I will pronounce it as suggested. Congratulations on your poem being read on American Radio.

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Beatburn

@Beatburn (4286)

• Philippines

2 Mar 17

@jaboUK Now myLotters will know how to pronounce it. You still had your minutes of fame since it was broadcasted.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@Beatburn Lol - I don't know about fame - I should think they have a very limited audience.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@Beatburn It seems that more people would pronounce it incorrectly than correctly, if the comments are anything to go by. Thanks for the congrats, but it was only a small radio station (from what I can make out).

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Morley Hunt

@Morleyhunt (21744)

• Canada

2 Mar 17

I would have pronounced it Jaybo....I have a very short last name in real life. It is pronounced phonetically. It's so simple. Yet I have heard it massacred many times.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@Morleyhunt It's odd isn't it? Something that you think can't be mispronounced, and yet it is.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (137590)

• India

2 Mar 17

Where did the 'r' come from? Anyway where is that poem that was read out there?

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Always smiling

@allknowing (137590)

• India

2 Mar 17

@jaboUK I told you. Your poems are worthy of that platform.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@allknowing Thank you, but it was only on an amateur programme

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@allknowing Who knows where the r came from

- lol. The poem was one of the ones I've put on here.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112962)

• El Paso, Texas

2 Mar 17

Uhhhoooohhhh, I see it as Jab O, talk about variations, yours really gets a few.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112962)

• El Paso, Texas

2 Mar 17

Yeap @jaboUK butt from now on I'll pronounce it jay bo, OK??

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@rebelann What? As in Jabbo? Cripes, there are more different ways to say it than I thought!

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@rebelann Okey-dokey

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hereandthere

@hereandthere (45645)

• Philippines

2 Mar 17

in my head it's jah-bo, maybe because the filipino vowel a is pronounced ah. i'm glad you're doing well at the poetry site. was it a limerick?

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@hereandthere Yes, i can see it would be natural for Filipinos to pronounce it like that. Yes it was a limerick.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

2 Mar 17

lol Well I didn't pronounce it Jaybo I have always thought it was Jah Bow lol just goes to show

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

3 Mar 17

@jaboUK lol well and my dog is Beau lol

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@BelleStarr Well you got the Bo bit right - that's the same as Bow.

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Gus Kilthau

@Ceerios (4698)

• Goodfellow, Texas

2 Mar 17

@jaboUK - Ms Janet - Ahhhh - those missprosnopsiashuns... Be happy that your username was not pronounced as "Jumbo." I recollect pronouncing your username as "fighter-bomber," but that was a long time ago. -Gus-

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@Ceerios Oh I remember that well - we were still on the other site weren't we?

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Gus Kilthau

@Ceerios (4698)

• Goodfellow, Texas

2 Mar 17

@jaboUK - Ms Janet - Yes, indeed we were supporting a really lost cause back in those days. -Gus-

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Nick R Thomas

@asfarasiknow (3340)

• Bournemouth, England

2 Mar 17

You mean it's not Jabbo? Seriously, I'd always assumed Jahbo. Well done on the broadcast.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@JamesHxstatic Oh sheesh!

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@asfarasiknow No need to be facetious!!

. Thanks - it was only what they call blog radio - very amateurish, but a lot of fun.

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James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

2 Mar 17

I thought it was Jabbo to!

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Mar 17

I always think 'Jaybo'. It is surprising sometimes when something you take for granted is totally different in someone else's eyes.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@JudyEv Lol - that's what I thought

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@JudyEv I'm glad you got it right Judy. From the comments it seems that I must add Jawbo and Jabbo to the list - amazing, isn't it?

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Mar 17

@jaboUK Jawbo?? Now there's a new one!

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ingrid

@ridingbet (66854)

• Philippines

2 Mar 17

my username is ingrid said fast(ingridingRIDING)and the bet is the 1st 3 letters of my son's family name.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@ridingbet Yes I think you've told me that before. It's quite an easy name to pronounce, I think it can only be done the one way. (Unlike mine)

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Marsha

@MarshaMusselman (38865)

• Midland, Michigan

2 Mar 17

I've never thought of saying your user name while inserting your actual name into the mix. In fact, I don't think I quite get it even now. It seems like a tongue twister.

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ingrid

@ridingbet (66854)

• Philippines

2 Mar 17

@MarshaMusselman what, my name? no i don't think mine is a tongue twister.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (168163)

• Boise, Idaho

2 Mar 17

Did his copy have a typo?

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (168163)

• Boise, Idaho

2 Mar 17

@jaboUK ....That would be the only thing I could think of.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@celticeagle I have no way of knowing what was in front of him, but the presenter knows me quite well from another site.

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Jani

@jhechorain (1198)

• Susanville, California

1 Mar 17

I have heard people put r's in names that clearly had none before. I don't know how that happens.

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Jani

@jhechorain (1198)

• Susanville, California

2 Mar 17

I suppose. The first 2 letters are just my initials and then the rest is echo rain as it is shown.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@jhechorain Now you see - that could be read as etcho in much the same way as the 'ch' is pronounced 'much' or 'rich'

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

1 Mar 17

@jhechorain I can understand if English isn't their first language, as I'm sure I mispronounce a lot of names that are foreign to me. Btw - is your user name pronounced as it's spelt?

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cmoneyspinner

@cmoneyspinner (9219)

• Austin, Texas

2 Mar 17

That is amusing. Amusing because the person threw in an extra alphabet that wasn't there. But also because in my mind I pronounced your name - Jah (like in reggae music "Try Jah Love") and bow (like in a rainbow). Jah-bow. Not Jaybo.

Thanks for correcting my mind.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@cmoneyspinner As I said, it's no big deal - in the normal course of events I would never hear any of you actually say it, but I was just surprised. Now it turns out that most of the people who have responded here would get it wrong (like you

)

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

2 Mar 17

I've been pronouncing it correctly in my mind all this time. I've never once said it aloud.

. How did they get your poem? Congratulations!

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@DianneN I'm glad that you got my name right Dianne, and there is absolutely no reason why you would say it out loud. I came second in a poetry contest, and they asked if they could put it on the radio, along with the other winners.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 17

@DianneN It was one I put up here about driving, ' In A World Of Her Own'.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

2 Mar 17

@jaboUK Of course there's no reason to say your name aloud, unless I'm talking to my self. Lol! Many congratulations then. That's wonderful. Any poem we read?

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Namelesss

@Namelesss (3365)

• United States

1 Mar 17

Haha, I get the long a and the short a pronunciation but really - where did that R come from?

Kudos for getting read on the radio, which one was it? Hugs JaRbo!

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