Talk:Comet Halley
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If it's "more generally known as Halley's Comet", why isn't the article called that? -- Zoe
- Because "Comet Foo" is the 'official' way comets are referred to, so all the other comets in Wikipedia have articles named that way, and Comet Halley just wants to fit in? :) Bryan
- Isn't Wikipedia's dictum that we should call things what people expect them to be called? -- Zoe
- As long as Halley's Comet is a redirect to this article, then, IMO, that should work fine. --Andrew
Quote "Note. The most standard pronunciation of "Halley" is /hæli/, to rhyme with "valley." The pronunciation /hejli/ (to rhyme with "Bailey") is thought to have originated by relation with the rock group Bill Haley & His Comets."
The "rhymes with valley" pronunciation is very common. However, it is thought that the way Mr Halley said his own name was that the Hall part rhymed with Paul, tall and call, then the ey as the ey in valley.
Patrick Moore once famously said on television that the pronunciation should probably be {first part rhymes with tall} but that {rhymes with valley} was so widley used it could probably not be changed.
Songwriter 23:38 9 Jul 2003 (UTC)