[Magdalen] prophecy/prophesy

[Jo Craddock]

Ah, yes. zha-NAY's sister is Alyce, which is a clue around here that it is pronounced ah-LEASE...but not always. <grin> Lois is an old canard, not too common in younger (<50?> people, but can be either LOW-is or Loyce.

Peace,
Jeaux aka Jo outside of the 30/90 area

> On Jun 7, 2017, at 10:37 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>>>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA