Name poll

[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

[Poll #1615063]

Comments

[jade-lightning.livejournal.com]

I say it Ex-zay-vee-er because of X-Men so I'm kind of biased.

[jo-the-phoenix.livejournal.com]

I think with the hard "X". If, though, it is a French name, I've heard it pronounced it "Zah-vee-ay".

[yubsie]

Zay-vee-er unless it's in "Saint Francis Xavier University" then it's Ex-Zay-vee-er or just "boo hiss". :p

[denisia.livejournal.com]

I pronounce Xavier the same way I'd pronounce Xena or Xanadu: X = Z.

Unless I'm talking X-men and then it's X-avier because that's how I am used to hearing it.

The third pronunciation would be for Javier. :)

[banee-noel.livejournal.com]

I've always pronounced it Ex-zay-vee-er due to the Cabbage Patch Kids when I was little, the boy (or whoever he was) was called Xavier, if I remember correctly. Either way, his name for some reason was on the back ends. :P

[logansgambit.livejournal.com]

Ex-zay-vee-er here. Obvious reasons are glaringly obvious, eh? XD

[rhoda-rants.livejournal.com]

Am I really the only one who voted "other?" Hm.

I guess the first option, "Zay-vee-er," is pretty close, but when I say it there's only two syllables. "Zave-yer."

[missy42.livejournal.com]

...but then, I'd pronounce it that way because of X-Men: The Animated Series. That actually used to bug the heck out of me and my friend when we watched X-Men: Evolution; a lot of the students pronounced it Zay-vee-er and to us, it felt like they were completely dropping the "X." And let's face it, if it's X-Men, you should be pronouncing the X!

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