[Magdalen] prophecy/prophesy

[Scott Knitter]

On a proposal to the Government of Canada (we were bidding to run
their student-loan system, and lost), one of my colleagues was Alice
Blum. On a conference call, I asked whether "AL-iss Blum" was on the
line, and there was a pause, after which she icily said, "It's
a-LEASE." Yikes. Sorry. Lesson learned: don't assume you know how to
pronounce the first name of a Canadian called Alice.

Marc Hamelin was less icy and more helpful with his name; I can't do
the phonetics, but it's the French way, with silent H, and two
syllables. am-LA(n), sort of.

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 9:33 PM, Jo Craddock <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:
> Within my near acquaintance are three women who each spell their name Jeanne. One pronounces it Gene, one pronounces it Zhawn, and one pronounces it zha-NAY.
>
> Such is south Louisiana, where when asked if my name is Joan, or Joanne, I respond, "No, J-o, pronounced J-e-a-u-x" and, they get it.
>
> Peace,
> Jeaux
>
>> On Jun 5, 2017, at 11:23 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> And we would return the favor.
>>
>> Had a friend whose son was named Isaiah. Some old pedant leaned into
>> Isaiah's stroller and addressed him as Eye-zye-uh. The child's reaction was
>> loud & immediate.
>> -M, who also knows many people who pronounce Rachel "racial" and others who
>> say "rahk-kell"
>>
>>
>>> On Monday, June 5, 2017, Simon Kershaw <simon at kershaw.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> Anyone here who tried to say "eye-zay-uh" would be assumed to be
>>> mispronouncing the word and would be likely corrected afterwards
>>>



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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA