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?
Jehover - How many of you heard it pronounced that way?
by Elsewhere 24 Replies latest jw friends
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Wallflower
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
Round here, he was frequently called "Geo-va" (Geo like "Geo-Cache")
Just the accent I guess.
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Stefanie
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
geeehova
That's the way my mother pronounces it. Used to drive me up the wall.
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Farkel
: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
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
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
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
Obviously he is referring to the mispronunciation of the English version Jehovah. Get a clue!