I know this sounds random but...

[R.]

How do you pronounce Quagmire? I think it’s pronounced how it’s spelt, but some people I know say it’s pronounced Quogmire. Who’s right?

[Optimism is my Phil-osophy]

I say something like: "Quacgmyre"

[R.]

So you do pronounce it with an ‘a’?

[Optimism is my Phil-osophy]

Yes ... But with regard to pronunciation, I think I am the last person who should be consulted to find out what is right. Have you tried google translator?

[Christmas Chief]

I pronounce it with a short "A," like this. I think the British pronunciation might use the "Quog" sound.

[tricky]

With my aussie accent a funny sort of quag-my-ya. I think in King's English it'd be quog

[bear]

i'm pretty sure it's never pronounced quog.
i remember when i was a kid i thought KLaus was pronounced "claws." and Punctilio - "punc-til-EYE-o"
why do childrens authors pick names that are hard for children to pronounce? i had a similar problem with harry potter names. of course then i got owned by kids at school - but they only knew the right way because they had listened to audiobooks or seen the movies, so really i was the winner in that situation.

[tricky]

I think authors use interesting and unique names so that you don't get generic names mixed up. Hermione and Olaf are easier to distinguish than Andrew and Peter, yanno?

[Skelly Craig]

The worst is when everyone has Russian names, I always have to make up nicknames for each character in my head or else everyone is named basically the same unless I look real closely.

lol at "punc-til-EYE-o"

[Christmas Chief]

Nov 10, 2020 0:12:52 GMT -5 Skelly Craig said:

The worst is when everyone has Russian names, I always have to make up nicknames for each character in my head or else everyone is named basically the same unless I look real closely.

I never finished Anna Karenina for this reason. Reminds me of the chorus to this song:

And this is all in your program
You are at the opera
You're gonna have to study up a little bit
If you wanna keep with the plot
'Cause it's a complicated Russian novel
Everyone's got nine different names
So look it up in your program
We'd appreciate it, thanks a lot