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12-27-2005, 03:59 PM
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Re: how much say do you have in pronouncing your name or town?
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Or a State Capital name that get's mispronounced as often as Pierre, SD [/ QUOTE ] Hmm, I don't know this one. I'm guessing it must be pear, since the French man's name would be instinctive? What about Montpelier, VT? Is that pronounced frenchy or non? 
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12-27-2005, 04:11 PM
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Re: how much say do you have in pronouncing your name or town?
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[ QUOTE ] Or a State Capital name that get's mispronounced as often as Pierre, SD [/ QUOTE ] Hmm, I don't know this one. I'm guessing it must be pear, since the French man's name would be instinctive? What about Montpelier, VT? Is that pronounced frenchy or non? [/ QUOTE ] I'm pretty sure Pierre should be pronounced the french way - "Pee-yair". I've always heard Montpelier pronounced in the anglicized fashion "Maunt Pee-lee-er". However, I'm sure at its founding, it was pronounced "Mohn Pell-ee-ay"
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12-27-2005, 04:30 PM
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Re: how much say do you have in pronouncing your name or town?
I have a weird name, and so have thought about it a little...
My name begins with a "Hey" ...which looks like hay (which is for horses) But it comes from the German "Hei" so it's pronounced Hi (how ya doin?)...SO really, I say it wrong. It has a Y so it should be pronounced more normally. Really it's actually spelled wrong, but again that's my Dutch-Jewish ancestor's fault for trying to be different... I hear Hay a lot. My policy: 1. Phone solicitors, tellers, clerks, my boss: I don't correct. Let em be "wrong"...it don't matter 2. Teachers, co-workers, bartenders, other acquaintances: ONE correction. If they persist, let it go. Not their problem. 3. Friends, chicks, hookers: correct once…more if necessary, get slightly annoyed if chronic… In conclusion, names, like all words, have only suggested pronunciations. The standard is determined by the culture at large, NOT by the individuals or groups closest to the words. This can change, and be odd. Sorry: JAPAN, FARVRUH, PARIS (TX), KANT, NUKELEER, DAYCARTE, oDISSe-us, PRINCE… Good Work: Beijing, Missourah, Dem-EE, Conan O’Brien, Vagner, Socrates… And if Steely Dan says: OragON, then so do I! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] Personal Greetings in this Holiday Time --GA
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12-27-2005, 04:39 PM
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Re: how much say do you have in pronouncing your name or town?
SD's capital is pronounced PEER, not pee-AIR
VT's is mont-PEEL-ee-ur, not moan-pell-YAY Sort of like that big city in MI is dee-TROYT, not du-TWAH [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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