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Today is #RLSDay which marks the birthday of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson. One of his most famous books is The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde which is a dark tale...what?
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
No, JEKYLL.
Of course that's how you say it. How do YOU say it?
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
No, JEKYLL.
Of course that's how you say it. How do YOU say it?
The surname Jekyll is originally of Cornish origin and was traditionally pronounced 'Jeekul' so that it rhymes with treacle. Stevenson named the character of Henry Jekyll after his childhood friend Walter Jekyll, who was brother of the writer and landscape artist Gertrude Jekyll.
The Jekyll family name was pronounced 'Jeekul.'
So if you met Robert Louis Stevenson in January 1886 and asked him what his new book was called he definitely would have said 'The Strange Case of Dr Jeekul and Mr Hyde.'
So why did it change?
So if you met Robert Louis Stevenson in January 1886 and asked him what his new book was called he definitely would have said 'The Strange Case of Dr Jeekul and Mr Hyde.'
So why did it change?
