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Originally Posted by The Batlord
It's literally spelled "Xavier" so **** off. "Charles Francis Xavier" so my fellow Charles can basically control the world with his mind. Fear the Charles's.
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Are you even familiar with the concept of a silent letter? Xavier (check Saint Francis Xavier) is pronounced Zavier. Knife isn't pronounced keh-nife. Sometimes even if a word or name begins (or ends) with a certain letter that letter is not spoken. In this, admittedly rare, case, "x" is pronounced as "z". Same as in xenophobe. Stan Lee probably only went with calling him ex-avier because some Americans wouldn't understand - "Duh! Why does his name begin with an ex but it's pronounced as if it was a zee? That's stoopid!" But it is "zavier", usually.
Oh, and by the way: **** off yourself.
Don't you have burgers to flip?