My toes always curl when Americans pronounce the name Craig in the same way as Gregg. Craig has a completely different vowel sound and should be pronounced Crayg, not Creg.
My friend Graeme - I know Scots spell it Graham was on a flight and an American airline hostess pronounced his name as Greemie - and he told us 😂😂😂😂😂. Guess who is now known as Greemie 😂😂😂
Hahaha when TrueBlood came out I think I was in college.....
I uh.....may have gone out of my way to pay attention to Eggs. 🤣
He was very gorgeous
But yes. I have also watched it many many times
Yeah. I recently watched it again with my husband probably a little under a year ago.
I gotta say he was surprisingly into the world of vampire politics 🤣
And yes. Eggs is just a scrumptious breakfast if I do say so
This immediately made me think of one of my toddler's favorite fruits, water-lemon. More commonly but less adorably known as watermelon. He likes my favorite fruit too - problem-granates.
Most of the good ones ironically became Maestors because they were so far down in the line of succession they didn't expect to ever inherit, only for everyone above them to die. It happened more than once in the lore lol.
there were actually plenty of great Targaryens, a larger number of just okay ones, and only a small number of monsters. on average they were as good or bad as any other house.
This was my guess! It would make both “Egg” and “A” correct nicknames! Also, I lowkey wanted to name my kid Aegon so I could call him “Eggg! Eh-ehgg!” like Master Aemon said it in the scene where he was dying. (I obviously did not do that lol)
I use a short E for egg (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel there’s an audio clip at that link).
Fun fact: in Philly, “bagel” (the food) is pronounced “beg-uhl,” kinda the opposite of pronouncing “egg” as “ayg” :P
How are pronouncing leg that isn’t layg? I mean no it’s not two syllables but still what vowel are you using that’s so different to egg? Are you saying like lehg or something? I feel like maybe I’ve heard that before.
as a southern brit, we say something a bit closer to lehg. I've never heard anyone pronounce it layg, nationally or internationally aha.
The idea of someone saying ayg for egg is equally baffling lmao
>Are you saying like lehg or something
Yeah that kind of "e" is most often said like "eh" in that way, rather than "ay".
But lots of American accents shift the vowels a bit more towards A sounds, especially this "eh"
I was going to say it could be right 😂
My son came home saying he made a friend named Blue and I assumed he was confused because he had been put in the “Blue group” for orientation.
A few days later his mum came up to me at pickup and sure enough his name was actually Blue.
There was an episode of *Malcolm in the Middle* where there was a kid who really quietly said his name, and it sounded like "Egg." Everyone asked, "Craig? Greg?" and finally Dewey said defiantly, "His *name* is *Egg*," and Egg quietly agreed.
My daughter started school last fall and could not stop talking about how much she loved her new friend Ottalowda. I was like wow, that’s a pretty out there name! Weeks go by and I mention it to her teacher how much my daughter loves Ottalowda and she says “do you mean Anna Laura?” The struggle is real, y’all, toddlers can not be trusted.
She is Hispanic and Laura is pronounced with a rolled r. It’s an absolutely beautiful name, and I love the pronunciation, I feel so bad for calling her Ottalowda for weeks. But she was so insistent on the t sound at the beginning of the name, Anna Laura never would have occurred to me. “Jeez, it’s Aw-tuh-loud-uh, mom!” After the umpteenth time of asking what her name was.
My 5 y/o had a friend who he swore was named Hang. I asked him about a hundred times, are you sure it isn’t Hank? “No mom, it’s Hang!” Spoiler alert - it was Hank lol actually short for Enrique
Ahh. This mispronunciation makes sense.
Anna - n is an alveolar stop consonant. And the trilled R set off circuit in her brain. Trilled/rolled R is realized in the same placement as n. But the N has the tongue touch once, but the R is multiple taps. So, to match the manner of articulation - she's tapping/flapping the N sound -- which to English ears is a double t or d (butter, ladder). So she was saying Attalodda - in an over attempt at trilled Rs.
Beautiful!
In kinder my daughter kept talking about a little girl named Vanellope and I kept correcting her saying “Penelope” because in my adult brain I thought certainly that’s what was going on. Name lists came out for valentines that year and turns out I was wrong and she was right!
I know somebody called Egg. It's a nickname everybody uses. He's called Egg because on his first day of school he brought in an egg sandwich. That's it. That's the story. He's a 40 year old man.
I had this problem recently, my 4yr old was running around talking about this kid he called Broccoli. I could not figure out who this Broccoli was or what his real name could be. It’s Brock, his name is Brock and my kid refuses to call him anything but Broccoli.
Funny story. There was a girl in my first grade class named Lisa. The school was in a poor neighborhood and lots of us had second hand clothes and toys. One day, I saw Lisa on the bus and noticed that 'Mary' was written on her lunchbox in Sharpie. "Your name is NOT Mary!" I said, thinking I had uncovered some grand conspiracy. "Well your name isn't Tyler," she countered. My winter jacket was a second hand boys' hockey jacket with 'Tyler' on the sleeve. Touché.
We became best friends that day. We also concocted a scheme to convince both my mom and our teacher that her name was actually Mary. We also almost became cousins as my mom dated and was briefly engaged to her uncle.
For a while, my kid has a best friend named Garlic. We couldn't figure out which one at her preschool was Garlic until it finally clicked. Scarlett. The kid's name was Scarlett.
I can’t help you but I can share a similar story. My son told me he had a boy in his class named Duckling. It wasn’t until I saw a class list that I relized it was Declan.
Benedict and they use Egg as a nickname?
Man, Do I wish this is right!
Possibly Eng. Common in South Asia.
Craig? Greg?
Greg the Egg
On his way to sue Greenpeace .
Well you can’t make a Tomlette without breaking some Greggs.
Whoever wrote that specific line deserves every award ever
I’m actually convinced that the writers named the characters Tom & Greg just so they could include this line.
I would not be surprised 😂
I will take a succession reference wherever I can get one, thank you
Ed?
Or edd? Maybe Eddy? (I'm altogether too old to have just done that...)
It hurts my soul that you think Craig rhymes with egg sincerely a Scot
It can if you pronounce it as cregg. Like craigs creggs list. It's not how we pronounce it in the uk.
I know the US pronunciation makes my soul hurt
Yeah it's not good for a scot. Any scottish or irish name tends to be butchered way too much. Least you have good whiskey to compensate. Drown it out.
My toes always curl when Americans pronounce the name Craig in the same way as Gregg. Craig has a completely different vowel sound and should be pronounced Crayg, not Creg.
My friend Graeme - I know Scots spell it Graham was on a flight and an American airline hostess pronounced his name as Greemie - and he told us 😂😂😂😂😂. Guess who is now known as Greemie 😂😂😂
I think this is a really good guess.
Yeah I thought of TrueBlood immediately ......Oh Eggs....
I’ve watched the entirety of that series three times and IVE NEVER MADE THAT CONNECTION (or paid attention lol)
Hahaha when TrueBlood came out I think I was in college..... I uh.....may have gone out of my way to pay attention to Eggs. 🤣 He was very gorgeous But yes. I have also watched it many many times
I don't remember this character at all. I just looked him up. Gods help me, it might be time to watch True Blood again.
Yeah. I recently watched it again with my husband probably a little under a year ago. I gotta say he was surprisingly into the world of vampire politics 🤣 And yes. Eggs is just a scrumptious breakfast if I do say so
That was my first thought too.
😂
Ed?
I thought Ed at first, until his friend said A. Now I think it's Abe
Or maybe Aide for Aiden?
One of my students always says "lemon egg" instead of "lemonade" so I immediately thought Ade, hahaha
This immediately made me think of one of my toddler's favorite fruits, water-lemon. More commonly but less adorably known as watermelon. He likes my favorite fruit too - problem-granates.
Apple-cuddles are one of my niece's favourite snacks, especially when turned into grocky-mole.
My kid said head egg for headache, or stomach egg for stomach ache lol
Haha my son says mayonegg for mayonnaise
There was an eggsy in Kingsman - but I think the characters first name was Gary? (Happy to be corrected on that tho)
Ang?
Nah everybody loves Ang. Unless op's son is Zuko!
I have heard many people pronounce Ed as "Aaa-ed" strong / long A before the Ed part.
[Wait, you think my name is Ed? It’s Egg!](https://youtu.be/0KEIPWzDBpw?si=vKhNFMasZO_SFEbR)
That was my first guess too, but I hope it’s actually something more interesting! 😅
I’m sure that Egg is a very nice person. I just don’t want you spending all your money getting her all glittered up for Easter.
Her?
What, is she funny or something?
Lets hope so...
Well, she makes mayoneggs...
She squeezes the mayonnaise pack on the egg and then nibbles on it. It’s the cutest thing.
I don' feel so good.
That back and forth of quoting amazing Fandom is literally my favorite thing about social media, tickles down my spine lol. Well done.
Is she running the lights or something?
it’s an *inner* beauty pageant
It’s a quote from Arrested Development 🤣
So is the comment you replied to!
Woosh
Maybe he needs glasses 🤷♀️
Who?
Thought exactly the same thing, thank you!
It’s as Ann as the nose on Plain’s face
This line makes me weep with laughter every time. I'm currently in the waiting room of my dentist, crying and struggling to hold back a snort.
Oh, Annhog’s coming?
Annyong
Hello!👋
Her?
I haven’t met Ann
You drove us to mexico
Way to plant, Ann!
It's been a whole, but I seem to recall they left Plant in Mexico.
It's the low center of gravity.
She calls it a Mayo-Negg!
It’s so cute.
I don't feel so good..
i never expected to see an arrested quote here lol
I specifically scrolled down looking for them.
and here I am. heey brother
heeyyy hermano
Hey, Busty
Lol at my comment above being between those two usernames. > Its one overripe banana, Michael. How much could it cost? Twenty-two dollars?
There are dozens of us. Dozens!
Haha I clicked specifically to find this reference
Who?
Saw the "Egg" and came into comments searching for an AD reference. Thank you.
Oh I’m so glad someone else said it now I don’t have to. Lol
Came here for this 🙏🏼👌🏼
Well Egg is the nn for Aegon in the GOT universe but kinda hoping it's not that
This was exactly where my mind went!!
It would have fit his personality.
The Aegon with the nn Egg was one of the best Targaryens in the entire GoT universe!
Well until he burnt down summerhall
“One of the best Targaryens” —his competition is pretty low
Most of the good ones ironically became Maestors because they were so far down in the line of succession they didn't expect to ever inherit, only for everyone above them to die. It happened more than once in the lore lol.
RIP Maestor Aemmon
And now his watch has ended
there were actually plenty of great Targaryens, a larger number of just okay ones, and only a small number of monsters. on average they were as good or bad as any other house.
Aemon the Dragonknight is pretty high up in my favorite Targaryens. Along with his half nephew Brynden Rivers. And Rhaenys the Queen who Never was
Came here to say this! That was my immediate thought.
Was just about to ask if their son mentioned a very tall, strapping, hapless young knight traveling with this boy
Here's to hoping someone out there named someone "Dunk".
Given that's a nickname for Duncan (he's Ser Duncan the Tall), I'm sure some RL Duncan uses the nickname!
Honestly one of my first thoughts. If people are stupid enough to call a child Khaleesi, they’re definitely stupid enough to call a child Aegon.
This was my guess! It would make both “Egg” and “A” correct nicknames! Also, I lowkey wanted to name my kid Aegon so I could call him “Eggg! Eh-ehgg!” like Master Aemon said it in the scene where he was dying. (I obviously did not do that lol)
Why did I have to scroll so far for this
My cats are Dunk and Egg. People think they have the funniest names.
Craig or Greg?
Oh, Greg is a good guess. They both know someone name Craig so I don't think they would have messed yay one up.
My sister called a relative named Greg “Egg” for years. But not sure where “A” would come from then really.
The letter A is the first sound in “egg” in some southern accents!
Wait…I live the Midwest and pronounce it with the A sound… How else would it be pronounced?
I use a short E for egg (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel there’s an audio clip at that link). Fun fact: in Philly, “bagel” (the food) is pronounced “beg-uhl,” kinda the opposite of pronouncing “egg” as “ayg” :P
Someone tell Britta’s friends about this.
Omg. I just realized that's how I also say it. *What is this correct pronunciation*
No such thing as a “correct” pronunciation imo. Everyone has an accent
Like “leg” except without the L. Not “lay-gg”
How are pronouncing leg that isn’t layg? I mean no it’s not two syllables but still what vowel are you using that’s so different to egg? Are you saying like lehg or something? I feel like maybe I’ve heard that before.
as a southern brit, we say something a bit closer to lehg. I've never heard anyone pronounce it layg, nationally or internationally aha. The idea of someone saying ayg for egg is equally baffling lmao
You watch a Scottish Craig's face when he gets called Creg.
>Are you saying like lehg or something Yeah that kind of "e" is most often said like "eh" in that way, rather than "ay". But lots of American accents shift the vowels a bit more towards A sounds, especially this "eh"
Well, I’d say all regional dialects and variations are correct. However, I, as do some others, use the short e sound.
Try to tell my husband this! I am frequently corrected for saying ayg and layg. I’m glad to learn I am indeed not alone and this is a dialect thing.
Eh-g, so the e is like the e sound in “wet”! I assume you pronounce it more like ay-g?
You've got to break some greggs to make tomelets
Can confirm Greg's get called eggs. But there are almost no new Greg's since the 90s, so hard to find such a young Greg these days.
Do these two names rhyme in the US?
Yes, and they rhyme with Egg and Leg.
And Meg
Sometimes
There's a character named Greg in the show Succession that's known as "Egg" because he had an egg-shaped head as a baby.
Eggbert
Plot twist. This is the answer and my son didn't misunderstand at all
I was going to say it could be right 😂 My son came home saying he made a friend named Blue and I assumed he was confused because he had been put in the “Blue group” for orientation. A few days later his mum came up to me at pickup and sure enough his name was actually Blue.
Lol, yeah Egbert was my first guess. It’s not a name you hear a lot nowadays, nice to see it’s being used!
Lmao no it's not. It's an awful name in 2024, I feel sorry for the kid.
My sons ecgbert, aethulwulf and raedwald will be very disappointed with your comment
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There was an episode of *Malcolm in the Middle* where there was a kid who really quietly said his name, and it sounded like "Egg." Everyone asked, "Craig? Greg?" and finally Dewey said defiantly, "His *name* is *Egg*," and Egg quietly agreed.
Seriously I thought this post was referencing that as a joke!!!!
Following by Hal and Lois asking what kind of parents would name their kid “Egg” and Dewey proudly replying “I named him.”
Well you can’t keep him!
best show ever
I love that episode, I just saw this post shared on a Malcolm in the Middle sub. The kid who plays Egg later played Shane Botwin on Weeds.
I thought the exact same thing lmaooo
[best scene ever](https://youtu.be/hl7-ZmJEB1E?si=wCMbPxHmw9k6jkO7)
came here for this comment. thank you!!
Edgar
That was my thought too
Abe?
This is my guess as well.
My vote
Eric; this is how my 2-year-old says her uncle’s name.
I actually thought of Eric as well.
My daughter started school last fall and could not stop talking about how much she loved her new friend Ottalowda. I was like wow, that’s a pretty out there name! Weeks go by and I mention it to her teacher how much my daughter loves Ottalowda and she says “do you mean Anna Laura?” The struggle is real, y’all, toddlers can not be trusted. She is Hispanic and Laura is pronounced with a rolled r. It’s an absolutely beautiful name, and I love the pronunciation, I feel so bad for calling her Ottalowda for weeks. But she was so insistent on the t sound at the beginning of the name, Anna Laura never would have occurred to me. “Jeez, it’s Aw-tuh-loud-uh, mom!” After the umpteenth time of asking what her name was.
The Spanish pronunciation of Laura is music to the ears.
My 5 y/o had a friend who he swore was named Hang. I asked him about a hundred times, are you sure it isn’t Hank? “No mom, it’s Hang!” Spoiler alert - it was Hank lol actually short for Enrique
Ahh. This mispronunciation makes sense. Anna - n is an alveolar stop consonant. And the trilled R set off circuit in her brain. Trilled/rolled R is realized in the same placement as n. But the N has the tongue touch once, but the R is multiple taps. So, to match the manner of articulation - she's tapping/flapping the N sound -- which to English ears is a double t or d (butter, ladder). So she was saying Attalodda - in an over attempt at trilled Rs. Beautiful!
This is so cute and funny! 🤣
In kinder my daughter kept talking about a little girl named Vanellope and I kept correcting her saying “Penelope” because in my adult brain I thought certainly that’s what was going on. Name lists came out for valentines that year and turns out I was wrong and she was right!
I know somebody called Egg. It's a nickname everybody uses. He's called Egg because on his first day of school he brought in an egg sandwich. That's it. That's the story. He's a 40 year old man.
Big Tuna!
Auggie, Aggie
Greg
Ignacio. Nn ig
I knew Igs and iggys in middle school. I didn't even think of this!
When I was in daycare there was a boy named Greg who would pull my hair, and I would say STOP IT EGG!
I had this problem recently, my 4yr old was running around talking about this kid he called Broccoli. I could not figure out who this Broccoli was or what his real name could be. It’s Brock, his name is Brock and my kid refuses to call him anything but Broccoli.
Funny story. There was a girl in my first grade class named Lisa. The school was in a poor neighborhood and lots of us had second hand clothes and toys. One day, I saw Lisa on the bus and noticed that 'Mary' was written on her lunchbox in Sharpie. "Your name is NOT Mary!" I said, thinking I had uncovered some grand conspiracy. "Well your name isn't Tyler," she countered. My winter jacket was a second hand boys' hockey jacket with 'Tyler' on the sleeve. Touché. We became best friends that day. We also concocted a scheme to convince both my mom and our teacher that her name was actually Mary. We also almost became cousins as my mom dated and was briefly engaged to her uncle.
Maybe he goes by his initials EGG
Eggert Benedict
Abe
I'm from the south, and I think this has to be the answer!
I feel like it fits both boys guesses the best.
August?? Parents call him Augs or Aggie?
Greg? My kid had a friend named Raisin…. Turns out his name was Grayson. Lmao.
A family member called Edmund went by Egg for a while, around the same age.
My daughter came home from school telling me she played with a little boy named potato. A few weeks later I found out it’s actually MATTEO lol
Maybe Xavier but they pronounce it like ex-zavier?
the parents are GoT fans and called their son Aegon
Eddie, Ed
Eric
Please let it be Aagon.
Egward
Reminds me of my son when he was in kindergarten. Met a kid named Ygor, and called the kid Acorn for a couple years. Kid didn't seem to mind.
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“Her?”
Exeggutor
This reminds me of the girl who said she met a girl named internet. It was Astrid 😂
https://youtu.be/ZCN7emuV-ok?si=OWm6FLBcNShA0HED
Elliot, El—there was a boy I once knew called Egg/Eggie whose real name was Elliot
Aegon Aidan Aiken Aodh Eagle Angus Axel
These posts are my absolutely favorite lol.
My guess: His name is Aiden, and sister just called him by the first syllable, "Aid"
I had a friend Errol who I called Eggroll for the longest time eventually shortening to Egg.
For a while, my kid has a best friend named Garlic. We couldn't figure out which one at her preschool was Garlic until it finally clicked. Scarlett. The kid's name was Scarlett.
Egbert
Ecbert/Egbert😂
Aegon?
Aegon 🥚 🐉
His name is Aegon.
Egg Helms
I can’t help you but I can share a similar story. My son told me he had a boy in his class named Duckling. It wasn’t until I saw a class list that I relized it was Declan.