According to my parents 18 years ago, it’s pronounced “David with a long a, as in car”.
According to the French, it’s pronounced Da-Feed.
The Germans do it more like Dah-Fid.
The Arabs just don’t get it, and pronounce it David (or DaaAAAAVID).
And the Welsh simply assume that it’s misspelt.
And, frankly, I don’t care. But I mostly call myself Da-Vid (as in video). Except when I’m speaking a different language, or can’t be bothered having to say it three times / spell it / explain that yes, it is a very Welsh name, but no, I was born and bred in Nottingham.
But generally I’ll answer to anything, within reason.
It would take more than a comment to explain the same for “Hecht”…
Hekt.
Easy
So if we yell out “hey idiot”, akin to the Janitor in “Scrubs” then you could feasibly turn around and look?
Either that or we start acting like Dr Cox…
In the words of a man falling off a cliff, “Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo”
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