# An American Werewof in London **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-american-werewof-in-london/808479 "2018-02-08T22:20:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-american-werewof-in-london/808479/1 "2018-02-08T22:20:59Z")
I saw it again the other day and, as always, this question popped into my head: How do you pronounce Jenny Agutter’s last name? ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-american-werewof-in-london/808479/2 "2018-02-08T22:38:36Z")
Like the sheet metal tube on the eave of a house = a gutter [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb7qmS1LNxI) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-american-werewof-in-london/808479/3 "2018-02-08T22:41:45Z")
If you google it, you get two slightly different version A (as in at) gutter or Ag ut er, emphasis on the AG ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-american-werewof-in-london/808479/4 "2018-02-08T22:55:00Z")
[quote=“mikecurtis, post:2, topic:808479”] Like the sheet metal tube on the eave of a house = a gutter [/QUOTE] I’ve used Youtube a lot as a pronunciation guide, but I’ve found some channels are more trustworthy than others. I don’t think I’ve ever heard her name pronounced that way. The interviewer in [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FnVMKvI29k&feature=youtu.be&) clip says her name about seven seconds in. As she doesn’t correct him, I’ll assume that’s how she pronounces it. ETA: In my American accent, I’ve always pronounced the “r” and softened the “t” so it sounds more like “AGGitter”. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-american-werewof-in-london/808479/5 "2018-02-08T23:02:56Z")
[quote=“mikecurtis, post:2, topic:808479”] Like the sheet metal tube on the eave of a house = a gutter [/QUOTE] I don’t think that’s right. The rhythm is like “Agatha”, as in neofishboy’s clip. Also here: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5ygzFBerjw0/hqdefault.jpg "Jenny Agutter 2002 UK TV interview (at Kynance Cove near her Cornish home)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ygzFBerjw0) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-american-werewof-in-london/808479/6 "2018-02-08T23:20:16Z")
[quote=“mikecurtis, post:2, topic:808479”] Like the sheet metal tube on the eave of a house = a gutter [/QUOTE] The entire emmasaying YouTube channel seems to just be someone using a computer speech program. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-american-werewof-in-london/808479/7 "2018-02-09T00:05:41Z")
i had always pronounced it _a gutter_ as that is how it “should” be pronounced. I know, however that proper names don’t always follow “proper” rules, so when I saw that pronunciation video I felt vindicated. Why would a pronunciation cite have a specific proper name if they didnt actually know the “real” pronunciation? I know, I know. . . I realize that’s asking alot of the internet. As far as an interviewer saying it one way without the person correcting them, there are many reasons why that would happen: maybe she didnt hear it, maybe she’s too polite to correct someone publicly, maybe she wasnt even in the studio when the announcer filmed the intro, maybe she’s sick of always correcting her name. . . so. . .I have to admit I don’t know for sure. mc ---
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-american-werewof-in-london/808479/8 "2018-02-09T03:21:38Z")
At least I’m not alone in my confusion. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-american-werewof-in-london/808479/9 "2018-02-09T03:31:50Z")
If this helps, I though she was pretty hot in [Logan’s Run.](https://www.google.ca/search?q=agutter+in+logan%27s+run&client=firefox-b&dcr=0&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO-4Da8ZfZAhUL2GMKHYatDUgQ_AUICigB&biw=1029&bih=802#imgrc=_) ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-american-werewof-in-london/808479/11 "2018-02-09T16:04:12Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > If this helps, I though she was pretty hot in [Logan’s Run.](https://www.google.ca/search?q=agutter+in+logan%27s+run&client=firefox-b&dcr=0&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO-4Da8ZfZAhUL2GMKHYatDUgQ_AUICigB&biw=1029&bih=802#imgrc=_) Yeah, me too!