Published 11:28 IST, June 23rd 2020

Elon Musk cuddles up with newborn baby X, lovingly says 'this is your dad speaking'; Watch

In an adorable video shared by Musk's mother, Tesla CEO Elon Musk can be heard asking his newborn son X AE A-XII if his voice sounds familiar in hushed tones.

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With Far's Day Sunday just concluded, a heartwarming video of far-son bond has been shared by model Maye Musk on social media. She posted an update where Elon Musk's newborn child X AE A-XII can be seen gripping X founder's finger. Maye-- proud grandmor-- captioned post, "Elon and X".

In video, billionaire speaks to X asking "Does my voice sound familiar? Who am I?". X seems to listen as Elon speaks, looking up at him in awe. "This is your dad speaking," he continues as X grips his finger. "Hello, hello baby. Hello baby X."

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Recently, Grimes and Elon Musk had to officially change ir newborn baby's name from X Æ A-12 to X AE A-XII to comply with California law.  Even though he is w nicknamed "little X" by everyone, Twitter has been abuzz with struggle to understand meaning and pronunciation of unusual name. However, reports suggest that couple had to change Æ to AE and number 12 to Roman numeral XII to comply with Californian law.

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How to prounce X Æ A-12?

As people have been flooding social media with queries about pronunciation of quirky name, Grimes finally quenched curiosity and replied to a query by an Instagram user. 

"It's just X, like letter X. n A.I. Like how you said letter A n I," wrote Grimes on in response to a query on Instagram.

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Soon after, Musk too explained pronunciation which, however, differed from one given by his girlfriend Grimes. During an appearance on  Joe Rogan Experience, Musk spilled beans on name. He started by saying that name has mostly been suggested by Grimes.

"First of all, my partner is one that, actually, mostly, came up with name," Musk said. "Yeah, she's great at names."

Read | Elon Musk's girlfriend Grimes reveals nickname of ir newborn son

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Laying out exact pronunciation of name of his newborn son, Musk said: "So, it's just X, letter X, and n Æ is prounced Ash." He said that he suggested adding A-12 as an hom to Archangel 12, what he said is "precursor to SR-71, coolest plane ever."

verdict: X Ash Archangel Twelve

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11:28 IST, June 23rd 2020