How do you pronounce Eliezer’s name? I’ve heard his name pronounced a number of ways. Originally, I thought it was pronounced El-eye-zer. Then I watched a video where I think it was pronounced El-ee-ay-zer. And today I watched another where Robin Hanson pronounced it as El-ee-eye-zer. So which is it? I doubt he really cares that much, but I’d like to know I’m not pronounceable it wrong when I tell people about him.
(I hear it as a secondary stress on the first syllable and a
primary stress on the third, but it may be the other way
around. I have never seen him describe his name’s
pronunciation in print.)
Edit: I’m surprised that Robin Hanson doesn’t pronounce it like Eliezer does. Do you remember what video that was?
It’s this video. It’s an hour and a half, and I’m trying to find where I heard him pronounce it. If I find it I’ll recomment (so you get a notification). It’s possible that I just misheard him the first time, and the next times were just confirmation bias.
How do you pronounce Eliezer’s name? I’ve heard his name pronounced a number of ways. Originally, I thought it was pronounced El-eye-zer. Then I watched a video where I think it was pronounced El-ee-ay-zer. And today I watched another where Robin Hanson pronounced it as El-ee-eye-zer. So which is it? I doubt he really cares that much, but I’d like to know I’m not pronounceable it wrong when I tell people about him.
“el-ee-EHZ-er”. (In IPA:
/ɛliˈɛzər/
.)(I hear it as a secondary stress on the first syllable and a primary stress on the third, but it may be the other way around. I have never seen him describe his name’s pronunciation in print.)
Edit: I’m surprised that Robin Hanson doesn’t pronounce it like Eliezer does. Do you remember what video that was?
It’s this video. It’s an hour and a half, and I’m trying to find where I heard him pronounce it. If I find it I’ll recomment (so you get a notification). It’s possible that I just misheard him the first time, and the next times were just confirmation bias.
Edit: It’s at 19:41.
Sounds like
/aɪ/
rather than/iː/
to me too, though it goes by pretty fast.See edit.