Talk:Raphael (Rise of the TMNT)/@comment-32297749-20181004010426/@comment-995426-20181206025221

Some people traditionally do not pronounce the L in Ralph, and pronounce it to rhyme with either "safe" or "calf." But most people today pronounce it with a short A and a pronounced L, especially under American influence where the pronunciation first became common. And since "Ralph" is so much more common in everyday life than "Raph" ("Raphael" and "Raph" never having been a common first names in the English speaking world to begin with), it's a very easy typo or misspeak.