# is it cecil or cecil?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-cecil-or-cecil/563>\
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**Created:** [December 19, 1999, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-cecil-or-cecil/563 "1999-12-19T08:29:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 1999, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-cecil-or-cecil/563/1 "1999-12-19T08:29:00Z")

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just so when i’m telling friends, does cecil go by see-sil or seh-sil?

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_what is essential is invisible to the eye -the fox_

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**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 1999, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-cecil-or-cecil/563/2 "1999-12-19T16:12:00Z")

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It’s “Cecil” as in “Beanie and Cecil.”

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-cecil-or-cecil/563/3 "1999-12-20T01:51:00Z")

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So, is that “ben-ie” or “bean-ie”? 🙂