Jehover - How many of you heard it pronounced that way?

by Elsewhere 21 years ago 24 Replies latest 21 years ago jw friends

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  Elsewhere 21 years ago

  It seemed like every KH had at least one? someone who pronounced Jehovah as Jehover.

  Did you hear this at your KH

  Where did this pronunciation come from?

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  Wallflower 21 years ago

  Most KHs had some kind of pyramid selling going on, eg Shakley. Was there ever a vacuum cleaner scam going, hence Jehoover?

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  Simon 21 years ago

  Round here, he was frequently called "Geo-va" (Geo like "Geo-Cache")

  Just the accent I guess.

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  Stefanie 21 years ago

  In the spanish cong. some would yahowa, and heyova, and geeehova. Either way they said it..it is the wrong name all together...

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  Nosferatu 21 years ago

  geeehova

  That's the way my mother pronounces it. Used to drive me up the wall.

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  Farkel 21 years ago

  :Jehover. Where did this pronunciation come from?
  

  In ancient times, that was the way it was pronounced in Israel's poor, Southern Districts.

  Farkel

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  rocketman 21 years ago

  We had it that way in our Hall too. It's actually a contraction of J. Edgar Hoover. The scriptural basis can be found in Isaiah chapter 6, which says that Jehovah's "skirts were filling the temple".

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  new light 21 years ago

  Yeah, I've heard that pronunciation, and I HATE it!!! People from the New London, CT area have a most peculiar accent, and by peculiar I mean rage-inducing. If a short-u sound is at the end of a word (Jehovah) they pronounce it "er", thus Jehover. However, the words that should end with "er" are pronounced as a short-u. They pronounce Hoover as "Hoovah." They switched the two sounds and it will drive you to frenetic hair-pulling if exposed for too long. Once in a while, the visiting speaker would talk like this, and I would have to leave for an hour.

  It's the weirdest thing, only exists in a few (5 or 6) towns. You've been warned.

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  mineralogist 21 years ago

  What do you mean with this question? I am from germany and Jehova (iehofa?) is pronounced differently as in russian, polish or many other languages.

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  new light 21 years ago

  Obviously he is referring to the mispronunciation of the English version Jehovah. Get a clue!

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