# How does Cecil Adams pronounce his name?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-cecil-adams-pronounce-his-name/169549>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 18, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-cecil-adams-pronounce-his-name/169549 "2003-04-18T14:36:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-cecil-adams-pronounce-his-name/169549/1 "2003-04-18T14:36:03Z")

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Is it SEE-Sil or is it SES-Sil?

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**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-cecil-adams-pronounce-his-name/169549/2 "2003-04-18T14:40:44Z")

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Ed Zotti

😃

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-cecil-adams-pronounce-his-name/169549/3 "2003-04-18T14:45:12Z")

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There’s probably been a thread on this before if anyone can be bothered to search…

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-cecil-adams-pronounce-his-name/169549/4 "2003-04-18T14:56:15Z")

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OK, since no one bothered 🙂

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=152087&highlight=cecil+pronounce](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=152087&highlight=cecil+pronounce)

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31307&highlight=cecil+pronounce](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31307&highlight=cecil+pronounce)

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**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-cecil-adams-pronounce-his-name/169549/5 "2003-04-18T15:12:16Z")

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Thanks green\_bladder. I had no idea that you could use a “+” in order to search for 2 words.

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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-cecil-adams-pronounce-his-name/169549/6 "2003-04-18T17:07:56Z")

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“eed sootaye?” I would have never guessed.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-cecil-adams-pronounce-his-name/169549/7 "2003-04-18T20:35:35Z")

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> Thanks green\_bladder. I had no idea that you could use a “+” in order to search for 2 words.

Or just put both words in the search field, which is probably what **green\_bladder** did.