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Colbert to Succeed Letterman on ‘Late Show’

Probably because it sounds better than an 'ert.' ('blurt,' 'spurt,' 'burp' ... all these phonetic associations are unrefined). Think Robert like Ro-bear or like the following name a sloppy Google search tells me New Orleans French pronounces AYE-BEAR: He'bert. Plus that's the only way he can call it the Colbert "Rep-or." Then again, he always makes a point to say "'an' historic," and there's nothing elegant about that pronunciation choice.
 
Yeah but I read his whole family changed the name to Colbear, instead of Colbert...Burt. Did they wanna sound French? His family wouldn't change his name for comedy would they?
 
Colbert sometimes comedically claims his surname is French, but his mother's ancestry was Irish, and his father's ancestry was mostly Irish, with some German and English.[6][23][24] Many of his ancestors emigrated from Ireland to North America in the 19th century before and during the Great Famine.[18][25] Originally, his surname was pronounced /ˈkoʊlbərt/ in English; Stephen Colbert's father, James, wanted to pronounce the name /koʊlˈbɛər/, but maintained the /ˈkoʊlbərt/ pronunciation out of respect for his own father. He offered his children the option to pronounce the name whichever way they preferred.[16] Stephen started using /koʊlˈbɛər/ later in life when he transferred to Northwestern University, taking advantage of the opportunity to reinvent himself in a new place where no one knew him.[6] Stephen's brother, Ed, an intellectual property attorney, retained /ˈkoʊlbərt/; this was shown in a February 12, 2009, appearance on The Colbert Report, when his youngest brother asked him, "/ˈkoʊlbərt/ or /koʊlˈbɛər/?" Ed responded "/ˈkoʊlbərt/", to which Stephen jokingly replied, "See you in Hell".[26]
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From wikipedia.
 
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