How to pronounce Heth?

[M. Smith]

I know the most common way to pronounce Heth is like "Heath", but I was told by a historian at a site that Heth apparently wrote that it is pronounced how it is spelled. I can't seem to find any supporting evidence though and I'm wondering if this claim is true.

 

[Peace Society]

Lafayette - there's a town somewhere in Arkansas that's pronounced la-Fay-it, and of course, there's Fay-et-ville

Nacogdoches - in TX its Nak-a-Dough-ches; In Louisiana its Natchitoches Nac-a-Tish

Peony - I've always known it as P-on-ee, but i have friends who say it p-On-ee
same for pecan - me: p-Cahn, my uncle and grandmothers - P-can (or K-row nut pie - using Karo syrup)

 

[Scottish Rebel]

Must admit I haven't come across the surname,Heth.
It is listed as a sept of Clan Mackay.

 

[wwf]

Sure a lot of responses in just a few days! Anyway, in the 1950s and '60s I grew up outside Philadelphia with a bunch of Heth kids (one of whom became a well-known TV producer/director). They pronounced their surname to rhyme with "Beth."

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

I've always pronounced Heth as HEATH
I've always pronounced Cleburn as Clay-burn
I've always pronounced Lafayette as Law-Fi-Yet

I have always said Cleeburn.

 

[M. Smith]

Sure a lot of responses in just a few days! Anyway, in the 1950s and '60s I grew up outside Philadelphia with a bunch of Heth kids (one of whom became a well-known TV producer/director). They pronounced their surname to rhyme with "Beth."

I am surprised of the traction this small question gained. The internet does work in mysterious ways!

 

[Stryker65]

Have fun with Col/Brig. Gen. Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski, Brigade Commander, 3rd Division, XI Corps. No cheating ...

Wuh-lod-zim-eerz Kruh-zy-zanowski?

rumored that Congress didn't approve his Brigadiership because they couldn't spell his name.

 

[R. Porter]

And, of course, Cairo, Illinois, is pronounced Karo, like the syrup, and not Cairo, like the city in Egypt.

 

[Pollaco]

Wuh-lod-zim-eerz Kruh-zy-zanowski?

rumored that Congress didn't approve his Brigadiership because they couldn't spell his name.

Maybe that's why his colleagues just called him Chris.

 

[eBrowne]

Union Gen. Adelbert Ames is pronounced "a-DEL-Bert" not AddleBert (as in paddle). I knew the General's grandson who was also Adelbert so that is how his family pronounced the name.

 

[sunday silence]

Winfield S Featherstone enters the room

 

[ColonelBuckwalter]

I've only ever heard it pronounced Heath, but I blame the ice cream.

Candy bars too...

 

[Peace Society]

Since the letter "H" in Spanish has no sound, it would be pronounced "et".

One of the things that confused me reading George Peck's memoirs - he spells it eat, but its pronounced et in the past tense. Have also seen that in another soldier's letters.

 

[Stryker65]

One of the things that confused me reading George Peck's memoirs - he spells it eat, but its pronounced et in the past tense. Have also seen that in another soldier's letters.

That's how British people say the past tense of eat as well -- et.

 

[rpkennedy]

Wuh-lod-zim-eerz Kruh-zy-zanowski?

rumored that Congress didn't approve his Brigadiership because they couldn't spell his name.

My go to is "Shoosh-an-off-ski" based on growing up with some Polish friends.

Ryan

 

[danny]

How do you individuals pronounce Pecan?

Truck drivers call 'em Pee-cans