pronounced syngen? I heard some1 with that name a while ago, and was amused by it!? out of every1 ive asked only 2 have heard of it. Im intruiged how many have heard of it, and how common is it. Any 1 know any1 with that name?
2006-09-03 01:42:24 · 17 answers · asked by Mich 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Yes as a first name it's pronounced " Sin Jin ".
sounds like an Asian porn star though!
2006-09-03 23:12:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The late Tony Hancock's radio and tv persona was Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock. Aloysius being pronounced ah-loo-ish-us and St John as sin-jun, thus giving him two rather posh names that are pronounced very differently from the way they are written.
A further not too uncommon name like that is Beauchamp, prononced Beecham not only a family name but also famous as Beauchamp Place in Chelsea, London.
2006-09-03 09:24:15 · answer #2 · answered by geminipetelondon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had an algebra teacher who randomly went to the court house and changed his name from Greg Houston to "Sebastian St. John". He was a new age hippie/yuppie type, with a long pony tail who always touted the fact that he only shopped for food at "Trader Joe's" We always pronounced it Saint John, plain and simple, but I think an alternate pronunciation would be "pre-ten-sion"
2006-09-03 08:49:54 · answer #3 · answered by scott h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi.
I believe it's only pronounced 'syngen' when it is used as a middle name,as in politician Norman St.John Stevas. I have a pal called Len St.John and it is pronounced 'Saint John'.
Also the actress Jill St.John who was in 'Diamonds are forever' falls in the same category.
Don't think I've come across any other name that gets mispronounced as badly apart from Higginbottom, which apparently is 'Heggenberterm'. Very posh......
Toodle-pip.
2006-09-03 08:57:05 · answer #4 · answered by misterviv 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually when I was in high school there is a school called St. John and it is a verry expensive and private school.... And why this called St John have no idea but maybe there is something to do with this name let me know if ever...
2006-09-03 08:49:35 · answer #5 · answered by lolipop 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know a very pretentious person named St. John!
2006-09-03 08:44:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there was also a footballer named ian st john who played for liverpool
2006-09-03 09:02:27 · answer #7 · answered by ziggy0909 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi,i first heard it on a program called "airwolf" which was on in the 80s.it was the name of the main characters ever lost brother in Vietnam,so believe it is of American origin.sandy.
2006-09-03 09:03:11 · answer #8 · answered by witchone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This guy lives up the road fromn me. He pronounces it Syngen too
2006-09-03 08:45:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've met someone with that name, didn't realise for years it was written like that though!
2006-09-03 08:46:57 · answer #10 · answered by drblonde 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋