[BC] Love Is Blue (La Amour 'Est Bleu)

[Steve]

Jeff...see my message in here about that. A in French is AH and the T is
pronounced. So his name ends sounding like AHT. MORE - EE - AHT. Now, when
it comes to names all rules are off. If Paul Mauriat wants his name
pronounced MORE - EE - A (long A) then that's how we'll address him.

There's a French Clarinetist Gervase de Peyer who now lives in Alexandria,
VA. He wants his name pronounced:

JUR - VASE (long A) de PIE - EHR. Just one of many examples of language
rules being tossed out the window when it comes to how a person wants to
hear their name.

Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Johnson" <jjohnson at goodnews.net>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Love Is Blue (La Amour 'Est Bleu)


>
> >
> >I nearly gagged and ran off the road one day when I heard a satellite
jock
> >call him "Paul Maw-ree-ay, or however you pronounce his name."
> >
> >Best Regards,
> >Steve White
>
> Well, that IS the correct French pronunciation! How do we pronounce
'Paris'
> or "Versailles'??
>
> It is always amusing when an air personality enters a market and
> mis-pronounces local place-names. At X-Star's station in Rogers City,
> Michigan, with many Polish and Indigenous place names, there was a
> pronunciation guide, and it was absolutely necessary.
>
> Jeff.Johnson at goodnews.net
>
>
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