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How game of thrones says it

The GoT character's name is Joffrey, not Geoffrey.

Geoffrey is pronounced the same as Jeffrey. My uncle is named Geoffrey so I should know.

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i always thought it was jeffrey or is it jee-off-frey

My brother's name is Geoffrey and it's pronounced "Jeff-rey". He gets SUPER peeved when people say "Jee-off-rey". I didn't even know that was a way to say the name until people started calling him that, it honestly doesn't even sound like a name the later. That one of the reasons why he prefers to go by Aaron instead now...

Also, I just created a thread for this sort of thing, haha.

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The GoT character's name is Joffrey, not Geoffrey.

Geoffrey is pronounced the same as Jeffrey. My uncle is named Geoffrey so I should know.

I forgot how it was even spelled lmao, hate that guy

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Joff-rey

Going by the katakana in my case, since I go by that when the names are the same, more or less

Also it just sounds better to me than Jeffrey ~o3o~

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Like the name Jeffrey, Geoffrey is just an alternate spelling for that name, it's not a different name or anything. I know a Geoffrey so it makes me angry hearing so many say it otherwise. I think Geo- is the more common spelling over here anyway.

The RD Narrator was told to say it like the Japanese, or so I'd heard, even if that meant it wasn't right. I dunno if I've ever heard of an English speaking person whose name was Geoffrey having it said any other way (apparently in other languages it can be Joffrey with that spelling).

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It would be elongated in that case.

ジョーフレー

or

ジョウフレー

It's short.

Like how Flynn is フレン (Fu-re-nn)

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I'm honestly surprised this topic is still going on mine died.

It really depends on where they are from (or how you pronounce it from where you're from). While the katakana may spell it "Jee-off-ree" (assuming I'm reading it correctly), my brother's is spelled the same but is pronounced "Jeff-ree," like the other spelling "Jeffrey."

gay-off-ray

My brother would get so mad at you...

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Interesting. I thought katakana was pronounced the same way it was spelled.

It depends on the spelling of the language you're referring to.

In some cases it's the "hard" sound for the kana even though it's "soft" for the language it comes from.

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