I grew up near the town of Nevayduh, Ohio (ohioh or ohiyuh depending on which side of I-70 you were on)
But the two best ones, IMHO are the towns of Berlin (BUR-lynn) and Russia (Rooshiuh) Ohio... On 25 Mar, 2011, at 11:54 PM, Aaron Rabushka wrote: > ...but it is sometimes neVAYduh, MO (with either mizzuREE or mizzurUH > trailing along) > Aaron J. Rabushka > arabus...@austin.rr.com > ----- Original Message ----- From: "MSO" <m...@sti.net> > To: <finale@shsu.edu> > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 9:16 PM > Subject: Re: [Finale] [OT] plural of rubato = rubati? > > >> I would have to agree with Dalvin re: the pronunciation of "RO-dee-oh." >> >> There's nothing ignorant about it. Y'ever been out west? Regional >> pronunciation does not connote ignorance; after all: the word has been >> virtually re-defined as a uniquely Western US event over a >> century-and-a-half. Not the same as its Spanish antecedent - event OR >> pronunciation. It's RO-dee-oh! Just as it's Ne-VAA-da and NEVER Ne-VAH-da! >> >> And I would dare say that anyone - specially any 'them green dude Eastern >> fellers - even that-there Copland-feller (who I understand were born in NOO >> YORK CITY) who pronounces it any way OTHER than "RO-dee-oh" don't know what >> he's talkin' about!! >> >> Although: I DO smile when I write that, pard'ner! >> >> And now: hunkerin' back down in the dark. >> >> Les Marsden >> (209) 966-6988 (H) >> (559) 708-6027 (Cell - Emergency only) >> 7145 Snyder Creek Road >> Mariposa, CA 95338-9641 >> >> Trustee Central, California Democratic Council >> Mariposa County Planning Commissioner, District 5 >> Chair, Mariposa County Democratic Central Committee >> Founding Music Director and Conductor, The Mariposa Symphony Orchestra >> Past two-term President, Economic Development Corporation of Mariposa County >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "dalvin boone" >> <dalvin.bo...@avenuebroadband.com> >> To: <finale@shsu.edu> >> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 6:42 PM >> Subject: RE: [Finale] [OT] plural of rubato = rubati? >> >> >>> John, >>> >>> I disagree. RO-dee-oh is an American pronunciation of a Spanish (Mexican) >>> word. There are many examples of such borrowed words that are not commonly >>> pronounced as they would be in Mexico or Spain: "Animas" as in the Animas >>> River; Santa Fe, Santa Rosa, Amarillo, Lamesa, Tucumcari, chile (chili) etc. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of >>> John Howell >>> >>> >>> As do the feminine "alumna" and the plural "alumni," which are still >>> universally used and understood. Syllabi is commonly used in the >>> academy, although it ALMOST seems pretentious. >>> >>> And then there are those pesky words that seem to be in the middle of >>> their transition: data (always plural) and datum (singular); and >>> even worse, media (always plural) and medium (singular). >>> >>> For some borrowed and assimilated words singers have to make choices >>> (unless a composer has made it perfectly clear): ro-DEH-oh (Spanish) >>> or RO-dee-oh (ignorant American!). >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> -- >>> John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music >>> Virginia Tech Department of Music >>> College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences >>> Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240 >>> Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 >>> (mailto:john.how...@vt.edu) >>> http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html >>> >>> "We never play anything the same way once." Shelly Manne's definition >>> of jazz musicians. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> Finale@shsu.edu >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> Finale@shsu.edu >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Allen Fisher Founder and Principal Developer Fisher Art and Technology al...@fisherartandtech.com i...@fisherartandtech.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
