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There's a book, which I can't find at the moment, which describes how some in the family pronounced their name 'Peppis', but Sam preferred 'Peeps'. I had a 'Pé
by Luc 7y ago
There's a book, which I can't find at the moment, which describes how some in the family pronounced their name 'Peppis', but Sam preferred 'Peeps'.
I had a 'Pépin' in my family (French given name), which apparently is what Pepys is based on.
- rsynnott 7y ago"It's pronounced BOUQUET!"
- mathieuh 7y agoFor non-Brits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_Up_Appearances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_Up_Appearances Dunno if this is known outside the UK
- RLN 7y agoIt's very well known in some areas of Europe, from Wikipedia: "Keeping Up Appearances was a great success in the UK, and also captured large audiences in the US, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Ireland, Belgium, and the Netherlands. By February 2016, it had been sold nearly 1,000 times to overseas broadcasters, making it BBC Worldwide's most exported television programme."
- ThomasBHickey 7y agoYup
- robin_reala 7y agoIt’s in the introduction to the ten-volume 1890s edition.
- rsynnott 7y agoPepys actually complains about this in the diary at some point, too.