[Magdalen] "D'" pet peeve (note apostrophe).

[James Handsfield]

The luthier Greenwich Village, NY who created the first long neck banjo at Pete Seeger’s request was name D’Adario, pronounce by most as Dee-Adario.  The company is still in business.

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Jim Handsfield
jhandsfield at att.net

> On Feb 21, 2015, at 7:13 PM, M J [Mike] Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
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> For years I've heard locals of every stripe refer to the D'Arrigo Bros farming entity as "Dee-Arrigo".  And since I've gone Food Network, I've heard everyone there refer to chef Melissa D'Arabian as "Dee-Arabian".  Am I alone in wondering why no one honors the apostrophe?  It's "Darrigo" and "Darabian", phonetically speaking.  (Right?)