Maxwell Arrested

[anonymous-user]

Oakey said:

So it's not pronounced 'Jizz-lane" then?

No, you dirty pleb! Know your place.

[hungry_hog]

Oakey said:

So it's not pronounced 'Jizz-lane" then?

Looks like Jeffrey missed a marketing opportunity there ...

[Tom Logan]

Oakey said:

So it's not pronounced 'Jizz-lane" then?

How apt if it was.

[ClaphamGT3]

Big Rig said:

m3jappa said:

Slightly ot but how in the hell is her name pronounced?

‘Ghee-lane’

Not quite, it's Je-len - the first syllable is half way between 'Je' and 'Shhhh' and the second is half way between 'lane' and 'len'

[mikef]

ClaphamGT3 said:

Not quite, it's Je-len - the first syllable is half way between 'Je' and 'Shhhh' and the second is half way between 'lane' and 'len'

Not quite - Gh is a hard G https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghislain À noter que la graphie du G suivi d'un H ou d'un U implique la prononciation du (g) dur

[Wills2]

mikef said:

ClaphamGT3 said:

Not quite, it's Je-len - the first syllable is half way between 'Je' and 'Shhhh' and the second is half way between 'lane' and 'len'

Not quite - Gh is a hard G https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghislain À noter que la graphie du G suivi d'un H ou d'un U implique la prononciation du (g) dur

I'd have just gone for Oi! Maxwell....

Easier all round.

[Frank7]

ClaphamGT3 said:

Big Rig said:

m3jappa said:

Slightly ot but how in the hell is her name pronounced?

‘Ghee-lane’

Not quite, it's Je-len - the first syllable is half way between 'Je' and 'Shhhh' and the second is half way between 'lane' and 'len'

I had a French female friend named Ghislaine, and she and I pronounced it your way, Zhe len, but I heard other French people say it as Gisslehn, and Jisslehn, maybe it depended on what part of France you were from.
A lot of English people with a reasonable understanding of French will say it as Jill-aine.

[Marniet]

m3jappa said:

Slightly ot but how in the hell is her name pronounced?

The most frequently used pronunciation I seem to be hearing is a bit like elaine only Gil-ain ( I think)

[smn159]

noopets said:

It’s only a matter of time before Maxwell is pronounced dead.

Well obviously - unless she is immortal

[hyphen]

noopets said:

It’s only a matter of time before Maxwell is pronounced dead.

Its pronounced Max-Well.

Any other pronouncement means you aren't posh enough.

the first syllable is half way between 'max' and 'mahx' and the second is half way between 'well' and 'ell'

Edited by hyphen on Sunday 5th July 07:54

[Stay in Bed Instead]

smn159 said:

noopets said:

It’s only a matter of time before Maxwell is pronounced dead.

Well obviously - unless she is immortal

[crofty1984]

Groat said:

Real World: "Ghislaine Maxwell?? Most prominent female scandal face since Christine Keeler"

Voices from below a rock under a bridge somewhere lonely in Norway: "Christine who"??

I like my rock. It's got motorbikes and my friends and chickens.

[ClaphamGT3]

crofty1984 said:

Groat said:

Real World: "Ghislaine Maxwell?? Most prominent female scandal face since Christine Keeler"

Voices from below a rock under a bridge somewhere lonely in Norway: "Christine who"??

I like my rock. It's got motorbikes and my friends and chickens.

We are lucky to live in a free society. We couldn't and shouldn't force people not to be ignorant; we can, however, be exasperated when People revel in their ignorance and fearful for the future when we look at the sheer number of such people

[anonymous-user]

vonuber said:

Cold said:

Doesn't mean I know who this person is or what she may or may not have been up to. Never heard of her until now. Sorry to disappoint those who insist differently.

Ah, the Prince Andrew defence.

His pizza is getting cold.

Big Rig said:

m3jappa said:

Slightly ot but how in the hell is her name pronounced?

‘Ghee-lane’

I thought it was 'Gheel-tee'

[Oakey]

Wills2 said:

I'd have just gone for Oi! Maxwell....

Easier all round.

That will certainly get you less funny looks than Oi! Jizzy!

[crofty1984]

ClaphamGT3 said:

We are lucky to live in a free society. We couldn't and shouldn't force people not to be ignorant; we can, however, be exasperated when People revel in their ignorance and fearful for the future when we look at the sheer number of such people

I don't revel in ignorance, but there's only so much one can know about. Whether I knew who Ms Maxwell was before the story broke wouldn't affect anything in either wider society or my own life. I don't keep a list of close associates of criminals, just in case they hit the headlines at a later date. I'm sure a lot of the "fame of the name" is in relation to her father. How many businessmen who died when you were six years old can most of us give a detailed biography of?

[Byker28i]

crofty1984 said:

I don't revel in ignorance, but there's only so much one can know about. Whether I knew who Ms Maxwell was before the story broke wouldn't affect anything in either wider society or my own life. I don't keep a list of close associates of criminals, just in case they hit the headlines at a later date. I'm sure a lot of the "fame of the name" is in relation to her father. How many businessmen who died when you were six years old can most of us give a detailed biography of?

Easy when your father in law was in the print and lost all his considerable pension he was expecting...

https://moneyweek.com/505757/great-frauds-in-histo...

I might add that not many pensioners got 50%, most were lucky too see 5-10% return of what they were owed

Edited by Byker28i on Sunday 5th July 11:05

[vonuber]

And the fact she was all over the news when Andrew did his confession.

[paulguitar]

smn159 said:

Well obviously - unless she is immortal

[pquinn]

vonuber said:

And the fact she was all over the news when Andrew did his confession.

Did he confess, or just do an interview?

Meanwhile Elon Musk is going mental on Twitter as people drag up a certain photo and a load of old stories about Epstein, Elon and Kimble.