# How is Hägar the Horrible's name pronounced?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 15, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-hagar-the-horribles-name-pronounced/445491 "2008-04-15T20:29:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-hagar-the-horribles-name-pronounced/445491/21 "2008-04-16T16:54:47Z")

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[QUOTE=Walloon]  
[Cartoonist interview](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/02/style/comics083002.htm):

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

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**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-hagar-the-horribles-name-pronounced/445491/22 "2008-04-16T17:02:50Z")

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And how is “Horrible” pronounced?

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**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-hagar-the-horribles-name-pronounced/445491/23 "2008-04-16T17:14:08Z")

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

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**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-hagar-the-horribles-name-pronounced/445491/24 "2008-04-16T17:51:14Z")

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

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-hagar-the-horribles-name-pronounced/445491/25 "2008-04-16T21:05:20Z")

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[QUOTE=JThunder]  
And how is “Horrible” pronounced?  
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BLON-DEE (alternate pronunciation: Bren-duh Star.)

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