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Runcorn 21:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Royal Cousin 2 Pronunciation of his Name 3 The Question Remains... 4 Guess What.... 4.1 ========= 5 Hero Fiennes Tiffin 6 OBE

[edit] Royal Cousin

As regards the following: "an eighth cousin of HRH, the Prince of Wales" - since that would make him an eighth cousin to the Princess Royal, the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex, as well, perhaps it would be better to simply establish Ralph Fiennes's connection to their mother, the Queen? -- MIP 10:45, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

The Harry Potter Article says he did a excellent job in the forth movie. Should that be inclueded?

if the Harry Potter Article says who said he did an excellent job, then, yes! Arniep 18:57, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I've read a lot about Ralph Fiennes and I'm not quite sure about whether he is really a royal cousin. Where did that info come from?--Jaimebienlesfruits 08:25, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation of his Name

Isn't it pronounced "Ray Finnes"?

No, it is actually "reif finez".--Jaimebienlesfruits 08:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, it's Reif. I saw a profile of Ralph and his brother pronounced it that way. It's just hard to seperate it from the Fiennes, so you end up with only one F sound; hence people thinking it's Ray.

[edit] The Question Remains...

The question remains, why, if his name is R-A-L-P-H, which is pronounced RA-LL-F, does he pretentiously insist it be pronounced REIF?

Why should you care how he chooses to pronounce his name? And why is the simple courtesy of pronouncing his name as he pronounces it beyond you? I imagine you also find it "pretentious" that Deborah Kerr's name is not pronounced "cur". I suppose the singer Sade is "pretentious" for not pronouncing her name as if it rhymed with "played". You should try to dig yourself out of your little linguistic foxhole a bit. 24.90.17.134 23:53, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

   Why is it pretentious..?
   Its an Old English pronounciation... and he's English ..

Ralph says this: Why is your named pronounced "Rafe"?

"It's a rather outmoded use of that name in English. I was named after my stepgrandfa--step great-grandfather. No sorry, step grandfather, who was called "Rafe" and spelled his name Ralph. And my father admired it and he wanted to call his son "Rafe" and spell it Ralph. I've met the odd "Rafe-but-Ralph." They do exist, but they're quite rare"

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/nyc-fiennes,0,50909.story?coll=ny-moviereview-headlines

[edit] Guess What....

... we don't speak Old English anymore.. Get with the times.. If you can't see why it's pretentious, you're just as pretentious.

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Thats a pretty stupid statement.... A person shouldnt have to change they way their name is meant to be pronounced as given to them ... just because YOU dont say it that way....

If one changes to please others one is shallow... -- atleast ralph is being authentic in sticking to the name his parents gave him and the way they wanted it pronounced and they way he grewup with it.... thats not pretentious and anyone who thinks that it is is just stuck up and prefers the world to conform for their own little comfort.

[edit] =========

OK, then.... I'm going to name my next child "Kelly" but it'll be pronounced "Bob." That should be OK, right? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.42.208.182 (talk) 03:42, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

It's pretentious for the same reason that someone named Hank wants their name pronounced Honk. It's to make a regular Joe name sound more "cultured." H-a-n-k spells Hank and R-a-l-p-h spells Ralph as in puke. Get over it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.87.86.50 (talk) 21:09, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hero Fiennes Tiffin

"Voldemort actor Ralph Fiennes's nine-year-old nephew has been cast in the role of the young Voldemort in the sixth Harry Potter movie. Hero Fiennes Tiffin will play the 11-year-old Tom Riddle. And Frank Dillane will play teenage Voldemort. Earlier this month, Newsround exclusively revealed that Jessie Cave would play Lavender Brown and Helen McCrory would play Narcissa Malfoy. Both pieces of casting have now been officially confirmed by Warner Bros." [1] --Gabriel Millerd 12:22, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] OBE

I've taken the WP:BOLD step of deleting this without consultation (as recommended in WP:BLP) partly because I couldn't find it anywhere else (except the well-known Wikipedia leech sites), for example it's not in Who's Who, but mostly because the year suggested for the award was the same as Ranulph Fiennes received his. In other words, a mix-up. Please provide the source before replacing. --Old Moonraker (talk) 06:46, 10 April 2008 (UTC)