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How do you pronounce her first name?



Sorry, it may sound silly but I'm just not sure how to pronounce it. Since now, I've always been pronouncing her name 'Alf-air', when I saw The Forgotten with my mother, she guessed it was a fancy way of spelly 'Alfie'. Can a big Alfre fan please tell me. Thanx.


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i'd always thought it was alf-ree. anyway that's how i've heard others pronouncing it.

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Brilliant! Thanx alot!

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I pronounce it as 'Alf-Ray', because that's how Mary Hart on ET says it.

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yeh well Mary Hart can suck my balls

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It's pronounced "Al-Free," not "Al-Fray" or "Alf-Rey" or any other "Alf" combination. I've interviewed this amazing woman so I definitely know this to be the case.

So everybody say it with me: "Al-Free Wood-urd!"

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Yep, Al-Free.

I wonder if it's suposed to be like Alfred, but a woman's name?

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