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CrowTRobot
02-11-2007, 02:45 PM
I just read the book and I found it to be a good read. I was curious, however, on how to pronounce "Jekyll." This was not a class requirement so I haven't heard a teacher pronounce it to me. Is it like, "Jack-ell," "Jerk-ell," "Jeck-ell," something completely different?
Logos
02-11-2007, 02:46 PM
You can listen to the pronunciation here :)

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/jekyll

click the little red speaker icon
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CrowTRobot
02-11-2007, 07:11 PM
Thanks a lot, that was perfect!
Logos
02-11-2007, 07:13 PM
No problem ;) and welcome to the site :D
bookworm1992
04-17-2007, 11:29 AM
Although most people assume and use Jeck-ell, and there is nothing wrong with this, Stevenson ALWAYS used Jeek-al, so that Jeek rhymed with Seek.
Hyde and Seek.
It could even have meant Jeek-all, Seek all (as in seek everything)
FinalFantasyFan
04-27-2011, 03:22 AM
I remember after reading the book I watched the film from 1931, and the pronounced it Jee-Kall.
jekyll
09-14-2012, 07:26 PM
I remember after reading the book I watched the film from 1931, and the pronounced it Jee-Kall.

Correct.

The author of the book, Robert Louis Stevenson, was Scottish and the surname Jekyll is as well (Cornish/Breton lineage). The correct pronunciation is Jee-kuhl like in the 1931 film adaptation.
talbot@omeresa.
09-28-2012, 04:06 PM
I just read the book and I found it to be a good read. I was curious, however, on how to pronounce "Jekyll." This was not a class requirement so I haven't heard a teacher pronounce it to me. Is it like, "Jack-ell," "Jerk-ell," "Jeck-ell," something completely different?

You were right on three - just curious, I require this for my juniors in high school - followed by the movie "Limitless".

I find it interesting that in Victorian England, the idea of taking a drug to alter your personality would turn you into an evil monster - bad!

I modern times the idea of taking a drug to make you smarter, richer, and indestructible - good!

What's the message?
Volya
09-28-2012, 04:37 PM
Who the heck said taking drugs makes you smarter and richer?
kelby_lake
09-28-2012, 07:01 PM
Jeekle may be the right pronunciation but I find it really annoying and distracting when lecturers use it.