tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post6152462323296415095..comments2023-10-29T07:54:36.000+00:00Comments on georgiasam: Like a Dogputhwuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606399161863289851noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-83355943451297643922007-12-06T11:40:00.000+00:002007-12-06T11:40:00.000+00:00Michael Palin in Romania the other week made himse...Michael Palin in Romania the other week made himself understood by using Tchoran, so I imagine that's how they pronounce it there. How do the French say it? See-or-on?<BR/><BR/>Around the office, we perversely refer to Daedalus (the journal) as Day-da-lus. <BR/><BR/>And I've started to refer to carrots as ca-rots, with the emphasis on the second syllable. Just to amuse myself.<BR/><BR/>I was told "Valta Binyamin" was the correct pronunication of WB, but that was by a bloke in Salford, so who knows?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12272341393007849321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-51168553379921316022007-11-30T17:26:00.000+00:002007-11-30T17:26:00.000+00:00On my old Rory Gallagher Live In Europe album the ...On my old Rory Gallagher Live In Europe album the guy introduced him as Rory Gal-Lag-Gur. When booking a taxi or restaurant I often don't bother to mispronounce my own Frenchy name (Granier) to make it easier to spell. Instead I just call myself Grainger.Mark Granierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899629187771913398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-32228547524900458692007-11-30T11:44:00.000+00:002007-11-30T11:44:00.000+00:00I've heard lots of people pronounce 'Akhmatova' wi...I've heard lots of people pronounce 'Akhmatova' with a stress on the o. Which is wrong.<BR/><BR/>Emil Cioran: See-oh-ron, Tchoran, Keeron... take your pick.<BR/><BR/>NaBOKEov, NABokov, NaBAWKov... again, take your pick.<BR/><BR/>Stephen Deddalus or Deedalus? There is evidence that Joyce said Deedalus.<BR/><BR/>Earwicker in Finnegans Wake should be pronounced Ericker. <BR/><BR/>People in the States pronounce Kavanagh KavaNAW.puthwuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606399161863289851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-66449527502052115562007-11-30T11:13:00.000+00:002007-11-30T11:13:00.000+00:00I was told it was pronounced "Vay" too, but nobody...I was told it was pronounced "Vay" too, but nobody knows who you're talking about until until you say "Wheel."<BR/><BR/>And don't get me started on the pronunciation of Walter Benjamin.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12272341393007849321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-26964235518142385742007-11-30T03:14:00.000+00:002007-11-30T03:14:00.000+00:00cool, glad to know you. what's yr name so i can l...cool, glad to know you. what's yr name so i can look up some of yr poems? or just drop me a line, okay. <BR/><BR/>len200athotmaildotcom<BR/><BR/>yrs in the art,<BR/><BR/>richrichard lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02331807433806381883noreply@blogger.com