Talk:Ralph (name)

"Rafe" Pronunciation
I grew up in the UK, had several friends called Ralph, and never encountered the "Rafe" pronunciation until recently (I'm 62) until I heard Sir Ralph Vaughan Williams referred to as "Sir Rafe...." on the radio quite recently. I think for the mass of UK inhabitants this rather pompous pronunciation is either a thing of the past or confined to the upper classes. --MichaelGG (talk) 09:22, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, my comment isn't very scientific, but ... It does seem to me that the "Rafe" pronunciation is an affectation intended to attribute rare or unique qualities to the so-referenced individual. Mwr0 (talk) 17:42, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Do "longer" and "shorter" mean something different when applied to names?
(Re: Top paragraph) It seems to me that 'Rædwulf' (7 letters, 7 phonemes) is longer than the the 'longer' form 'Radulf' (6 letters, 6 phonemes). Mwr0 (talk) 17:49, 5 April 2012 (UTC)