why is bill maher pronounced bill MARR?

It's actually not

this youtuber said it like that r1, skip to 00:22

r1 It actually is, everyone I've ever heard pronounce his name said "marr".

No idea, OP, it's just one of those things, americanised surnames are all over the place. You hear lots of different pronunciations of the "-stein" surname as well and very few of them are correct, as in the way a German would pronounce them. And don't get me started on the Wachowskis or Klobuchar (which originates in my neck of the woods).

Because BILL MAARVELOUS was already registered with SAG

I watch "On Patrol Live" and there are two Maher brothers in Daytona Beach and they pronounce it Marr.

His family name probably originally is the Irish surname Meagher, which is pronounced: "Marr."

It's actually pronouncrd "dick-head." It's not phonetic at all.

Why is Graham pronounced gram, why is mayonnaise pronounced man-ayze, why is syrup pronounced surp?*

*by some mush-mouthed people, the rest of us can enunciate

Don't know but I was told he has Arab lineage in his family that he's desperate to keep people finding out about. That may be part of it.

Oh please, R10. He wouldn’t give a shit if anyone knew— if anything, he’d be more at liberty to criticize that part of the world. This isn’t the 1950s.

He’s half Jewish.

Well it would explain why he's always promoting Israel. It's to throw people off track. And also an expression of his own self-hatred.

Maher is an Arabic word/name.

Oh God, DL has so many rules about posting links.

Bump.

Is something wrong with DL now.

It's actually pronounced Bill Ma-Yer but the Y is so soft that it's pronounced closer to Bill Ma-er. People hear it as Marr.

Anderson Cooper called him Bill Mayer when he was promoting one of Maher's appearances on CNN. He looked perplexed too like he had no idea who he was talking about. Maher must have loved that.

R18 Maher’s probably just grateful AC promotes it, period.

It’s actually pronounced Ma-her but people are lazy and call him Marr.

Yes, there’s an inept troll called pastaboi who likes making divisive posts, often linking to the Russian propaganda site, Zero Hedge.

The word Maher exists in many languages— you’re an idiot for, among other things, thinking that, your cheesy baby name link is a ‘smoking gun.’

No one believes Bill Maher is Arab, but even if he had Arab ancestry, no one here would care. He’s Bill Maher, not Bill Maher’s grandpa.

[QUOTE] No one believes Bill Maher is Arab, but even if he had Arab ancestry, no one here would care.

He cares. It is a source of burning shame for him.

[QUOTE] He’s half Jewish.

We know that for a fact? Or are we taking his word for it.

Where is this Arab BS coming from? Bill claimed he didn't know his mother was Jewish. He was raised Roman Catholic. Why would he care if he came from an Arab Roman Catholic background? Bill has an angry Irish attitude though.

[QUOTE] Bill claimed he didn't know his mother was Jewish.

That makes it even fishier.

R25

It's not fishy. Christopher Hitchens didn't know his mother was Jewish until he was a young adult. In some families, people who were Jews hid it because of antisemitism.

[QUOTE] In some families, people who were Jews hid it because of antisemitism.

Or the made up backstory is a Whoopi move to help him in show business.

Hitchens was actually an intelligent, talented person. Maher is not.

Can confirm that Maher is a grifter.

Hate thread. Shut it down Muriel.

Maher: Because the "h and e" are silent.

Then why bother with them?

Bill can pronounce it perfectly in Arabic.

Why is Milngavie in Scotland pronounced "mil-guy"?

R34, to trick the English.

Some people try to pronounce Irish names in what the6 think is a “more Irish” way. We had a Mr Maher in high school and we called him “Marr” but our very prissy dean deliberately called him “Mr Ma-her.” And I remember the disgusting Ted Kennedy calling Phil Donahue “Mr Donna-hoo.” Maybe it’s “more Irish” but Donna-hoo sounds rih-tadded.

Why is Wednesday pronounced “Wensday”? I would think it would be pronounced WED-NESS-DAY!

He says his own name at 2:08. To my ears, it sounds like he said "Marr-en," but maybe it was him pausing before proceeding with his next statement.

Peter Godwin, a writer/lawyer who grew up in then Rhodesia, did not learn his father was Jewish until after his father had died, IIRC. He knew his father had fought in WWII, so he wasn't surprised to find military medals. He realized they weren't British, though. They were Polish. His father had been sent to England before the war to study. After reaching adulthood, he fought with the Free Polish forces. After the war, he attended a polytechnic to study engineering, married an English gentile doctor, and the two migrated to Rhodesia. His father hid his Jewishness because of the antisemitism he had experienced.

^ What on earth does that have to do with Maher, who had a pampered upbringing in the USA?

Some people hide their Jewishness, e.g, Hitchens mentioned above, who grew up pampered in the UK.

I doubt his mother was religious. Catholics who marry out of their faith have to raise their children Catholic. His mother was interviewed in his movie Religoulos and she said she thought children should get some moral training. She never went to church and Maher finally asked her why at age 13. Maher's father eventually walked away from the church because of the birth control issue. His mother was a nurse in the military during the war. This is kind of a nasty thing to say but his father was pretty handsome and Maher's mother looks just like Bill. She probably didn't have a lot of options for who she could marry.

R42 well he got all the Jewish looks, pretty much. And his whole general aura, sense of humor, etc.

No the sense of humor came from his father and brains from his mother. His mother was a quiet introvert. His father was a radio announcer. He read the news at the top of the hour.

So now your calling Maher a LIAR?

It means "smug overpaid douche" in Gaelic.