Phil Daley wrote:
At 10/19/2006 03:12 PM, Andrew Levin wrote:
>>But the "nucular" pronunciation gets the letters in the wrong order,
>>while the "on-velope" is simply a holdover pronunciation from its
>>French origins (I would presume).
>>
>>There are no English pronunciation rules that I know of that treat
>>the reversal of the letter sounds as correct in any case.
>
>Brett Favre?
He doesn't know how to pronounce his own name.
It's Fa-vre, a French name.
Lots of athletes mispronounce their names to make it look like they
don't have foreign names.
They have enough clout to make announcers say their names the way they
want.
How about Bow-cher when it's really Bou-chez. (Boucher).
Or maybe they're just trying to point out that they're not foreigners
and that it's alright to pronounce their names with American
pronunciation instead of pseudo-foreign pronunciation.
--
David H. Bailey
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