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How do you pronounce her name? Like "Ha-cho"?

You know, that's a good question. Most Harjos in my family say it like in English, "Har Joe". Really, the word in Creek is Haco, which might be pronounced Hacho or Hajo. Apparently a regional dialect variation in our language is to slip in a few phantom w's and r's in certain words. For example, I've heard cēpvnē, boy, pronounced like "chewbon" instead of "jeebanee" (by my Uncle Sonny). There is, technically, no Enlish "R" in Creek--that character represents the sound "thl"--but, nevertheless, I've heard it creep in on the ends of vowels. So the answer, to cut to it, is that it is probably "Har Joe", but I'd like independent confirmation of that. I've emailed her website on another matter, but have not heard back yet. -- Bruce H. McCosar 12:55, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

She pronounces her name "Harjo" (HAR-joe), as does Suzan Shown Harjo, Ben Harjo, Sharon Ahtone Harjo, etc. To hear her own voice, this video begins with her introducing herself and also explaining how her name came from Hacho: Youtube: Joy Harjo on Jim Lehrer -Uyvsdi (talk) 18:13, 18 February 2009 (UTC)Uyvsdi[reply]