Sunday, October 29, 2006

Say whaaaaa?


Ok. How come pronunciations change?
I was just getting used to Halley's Comet (it was called "HAIL-lee's Comet when I was a kid)







The latest one I have trouble with is Martin Scorsese.



The director of such classic films as "Taxi Driver" has ALWAYS been pronounced "Score-SAY-zee."



However, not anymore. He is now Martin "Score-SEZ-ee." What-ever! When did we start eliminating the long "A" sound from our vocabulary?
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  1. AnonymousTuesday, October 31, 2006 at 9:24:00 PM CST

    When it's "Score-sezay", as any Italian worth his chianti will tell you.

    PS. During the whole Terry Schiavo case, it was only Bean and Ted Chen from LA's channel 4 who used what I consider to be the correct pronunciation: Ski-AH-vo.

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  2. Dave MorrisWednesday, November 1, 2006 at 10:34:00 AM CST

    My favorite is niche. For years, it was NITCH. Now, it appears, it is NEESH.

    Damn, give me a break. I can't even pronounce my own name, some days.

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