Jhaqueil

[Jonathan Lighter]

Well, it looked like there was an extra e in Shaquille when I visited
Wikipedia this a.m., but obviously they've corrected it since.

JL

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> On Mar 6, 2013, at 8:41 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > Teen in the news:  Jhaqueil Reagan. Born 1994.
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> > Pronounced Ja-'keel.   Kinda like Shaqueille O'Neal (born 1972).
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> But there's no e in Shaquille.  Well, OK, there's one, but only at the
> end.  I suppose "Jhaquille" (with ornamental "h") would be too feminine,
> but then again I'd have predicted "Shaquille" was a female name before I
> came to know (and love) Shaq.
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> LH
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> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/04/jhaqueil-reagan-foundation_n_2807990.html
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