Sonnenschein Posted August 21, 2012 Report Posted August 21, 2012 I recently learned that Prince Harry is actually called Henry. Can someone explain to me,why "Harry" is a nick name for "Henry"? I always thought is short for "Harold". (that what we use it here for) Thanks, Karin Quote
Dday[501st] Posted August 21, 2012 Report Posted August 21, 2012 Henry is a French name dating from when the British aristocracy spoke French. The English pronunciation for it is "Harry". Other nicknames for Henry are Hank and Hal and Harry is a common British nickname for Henry. Quote
Sonnenschein Posted August 21, 2012 Author Report Posted August 21, 2012 Thanks! Now I see! We Austrians do it all wrong! Every Harold/Harald is called Harry! Oh,my! Quote
Dday[501st] Posted August 21, 2012 Report Posted August 21, 2012 We use Harry for Harold/Harald in the US as well, it's the blasted french/English. Quote
carbonitekid Posted August 21, 2012 Report Posted August 21, 2012 Thanks! Now I see! We Austrians do it all wrong! Every Harold/Harald is called Harry! Oh,my! Just to confuse things..... So do we. Quote
kaa1304[TK] Posted August 21, 2012 Report Posted August 21, 2012 I never knew his name was Henry... I always thought it was harold. And yes, I'm a brit 0.o Quote
carbonitekid Posted August 21, 2012 Report Posted August 21, 2012 Wiki: Prince Henry of Wales (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984), commonly known as Prince Harry,[1] is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales, and fourth grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. As such, he is third in the line of succession to the thrones of sixteen independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms, and to the governorship of the Church of England, preceded by his father and elder brother Quote
Sonnenschein Posted August 21, 2012 Author Report Posted August 21, 2012 This is one of the things I learned form watching the Olympic Games 2012! You "Brits" made an awesome openen ceremony and an even better closing ceremony. Quote
carbonitekid Posted August 21, 2012 Report Posted August 21, 2012 This is one of the things I learned form watching the Olympic Games 2012! You "Brits" made an awesome openen ceremony and an even better closing ceremony. Closing had to be better.... No Paul bloody McCartney. He's spent more time living off dead beatles than an African spider. Quote
Sonnenschein Posted August 21, 2012 Author Report Posted August 21, 2012 You're right. Him singing "Hey Jude" disturbed me a little. He' still quite the star around here. Even his ex-wife lives in Austria and has earned a b-celebrity status. But the Freddy tribute and Eric Idle made it for me. He even said S**t! Quote
carbonitekid Posted August 21, 2012 Report Posted August 21, 2012 Eric Idle made it for me. He even said S**t! He was probably thinking of Hey Jude when he said it. lol Quote
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