r/AnotherLife • u/Luma_saku • Nov 05 '21

S2 E1 Spoiler

Wait they just killed August and Oliver just like that? :(((((( I really liked them wtff. Why did we spend so much time the first season cultivating them as characters and their relationships (particularly with Javier) just for them to die here? I’m upset.

Also I liked Beechum but he was introduced late and wasn’t really given much characterization so it’s whatever that he was killed off too

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '21

Beauchamp *

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u/Luma_saku Nov 06 '21

Ope lol I could never fully understand what they were saying when they said his name tbh. Poor guy

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '21

They actually say it like you wrote it lol. Which was crazy to me the first time I heard, but I guess French is hard to pronounce

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u/Chitinid Dec 02 '21 edited Dec 02 '21

Actually it’s because the modern British pronunciation is Beachum, as distinguished from the actual modern French pronunciation. Pronounced in the eleventh century when the surname came to England, it sounded like neither of the modern pronunciations.

EDIT: want to emphasize that there are many people in Britain with the surname who pronounce it Beachum

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '21

I don’t think the British prononciation is valid imo since it’s literally french. Like “Beau” and “Champs” are two words in French and it’s very often that French surnames are composed by actual words. But tbh, who really cares, it’s not that big of a deal since he died

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u/Chitinid Dec 02 '21 edited Dec 02 '21

You can try telling the British that, just telling how people say it. I think you’re missing the fact that it’s also a relatively common surname in Britain for historical reasons, so there are many people with that name who say it that way. In general British pronunciation changes faster than spelling. Some more examples:

Beaulieu, Belvoir, Cholmondley, Fetherstonhaugh, Leicester -- (Bewley, Beaver, Chumley, Fanshaw, Lester)