This article is from the The Simpsons FAQ, by Ondre Lombard wakkojr@nospam.wcat.com and Andrew Gill superluser@mail.rit.edu with numerous contributions by others.
Groening"? A: In one of the Life In Hell strips and in the "Rolling
Stone" article, MG mentioned that it rhymes with
"complaining"; the "Newsweek" article rhymes his name with
"raining".
"Yeardley"? A: "Yeardley" is a variant spelling of the British name
"Yardley", whose pronunciation is non-problematical.
 
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