# Annoying pronunciation of "Halley"

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**Created:** [October 20, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-pronunciation-of-halley/638327 "2012-10-20T15:57:03Z")\
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Everybody knows what’s being referred to using the ‘valley’ or ‘daily’ type pronunciations. ‘Hawley’ would confuse people, sounding more like ‘holly’ often, though not here in Ningland where ‘don’ and ‘dawn’ are pronounced the same, so ‘hawley’ would be pronounced exactly like ‘holly’.

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