How is Hägar the Horrible's name pronounced?

[mobo85]

One of those weird questions that comes out of nowhere:

How does one correctly pronounce the name of Hägar the Horrible, from the King Feature of the same name? Is is pronounced like Sammy Hagar's name, or does it rhyme with "bagger?"

(According to the strip's logo, "Hägar" is spelled with an umlaut over the first "a.")

[Morbo]

I've always in my mind pronounced it like the slacks - with the first syllable like "bagger" and the second syllable like "Hagar."

[KneadToKnow]

I've always pronounced it like Sammy.

[Anne Neville]

Another vote for "like Sammy".

[Yorikke]

Hay - gar.

Joe

[Carson O'Genic]

I asked a Swede the question; she said Hog-gar.
'Cept he's not Swedish, Norsk ?

[Walloon]

Cartoonist interview:

Q. How do you pronounce Hagar?

Chris Browne: I pronounce it Hay-gar. My brother, Chance, who draws "Hi and Lois" and I came up with it as a nickname for Dad when we were kids. It's a made-up word, so anyway you pronounce it is correct!

[Martian Bigfoot]

Originally Posted by Carson O'Genic

I asked a Swede the question; she said Hog-gar.
'Cept he's not Swedish, Norsk ?

Well, she must have been drunk. If you pronounce the umlauts like in Swedish, it's Hay-gar. Hägar clearly isn't Norwegian, as there's no letter "Ä" in Norwegian (or in Danish).

Odd fact: Hägar isn't called that in any of the Scandinavian countries. In Sweden and Denmark he's called Hagbard, in Norway he's called Hårek (pronounced Ho-wreck).

[Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor]

Bob.
Call him Bob.

[photopat]

I believe the proper pronunciation is "ob-so-leet."

[Darth Nader]

Like the Fonz: Heeey-Gar!

[ASAKMOTSD]

Originally Posted by Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor

Bob.
Call him Bob.

He works for Microsoft?

[Walpurgis]

It's pronounced Thröutwärbler Mängröve. How else?

[Diogenes the Cynic]

He can't drive 55.

[Diogenes the Cynic]

Oops. Wrong thread.

[Terrifel]

Honestly, I always wondered the same thing about the name "Dik."

Fortunately, there is practically no imaginable situation where anyone would ever be required to pronounce "Hagar the Horrible" correctly. Even members of the National Cartoonists Society are careful to refer to it obliquely as "the Browne strip." Then they spit between their knuckles and make the sign of the Mano Fico.

[mnemosyne]

Originally Posted by Terrifel

Honestly, I always wondered the same thing about the name "Dik."

I had a physics prof who went by the name Dik, pronounced as you would say the name Dick (short for Richard). Actually, he went by the name dik.... the arrogant idiot used a lowercase d for his first name, but used uppercase for his surname.

[Martian Bigfoot]

Originally Posted by mnemosyne

Actually, he went by the name dik.... the arrogant idiot used a lowercase d for his first name, but used uppercase for his surname.

Well, he was obviously a... oh, never mind.

I would also just like to take this opportunity to nominate Günther's Dik-dik as the animal with the silliest name. Thanks for your time.

[mr. jp]

Originally Posted by Peak Banana

Well, she must have been drunk. If you pronounce the umlauts like in Swedish, it's Hay-gar. Hägar clearly isn't Norwegian, as there's no letter "Ä" in Norwegian (or in Danish).

This is mostly correct. However, there wouldn't be the "y" sound, just a continuous "e" sound. (Like in "red", but slightly longer)

Also, I have definitely read the strip in Danish, with him called "Hagar" (without the umlaut).

[Carson O'Genic]

Bob Solete it is then,drinking or not.

[Dr. Rieux]

Originally Posted by Walloon

Cartoonist interview:

Q. How do you pronounce Hagar?

Chris Browne: I pronounce it Hay-gar. My brother, Chance, who draws "Hi and Lois" and I came up with it as a nickname for Dad when we were kids. It's a made-up word, so anyway you pronounce it is correct!

Isn't it the name of a woman in the Old Testament?

[JThunder]

And how is "Horrible" pronounced?

[WOOKINPANUB]

I've always pronounced it HAY-gar. The CFO at my company spells her name like the Horrible One, but pronounces it HAYger. Do I remember that when addressing her? Unfortunately, no.

[Daerlyn]

You mean all these years, I've been saying 'HAH-gar' and I've been wrong?

[photopat]

Originally Posted by JThunder

And how is "Horrible" pronounced?

BLON-DEE (alternate pronunciation: Bren-duh Star.)