Re: Pronouncing Baden-Powell
Cheryl Singhal (csinghal@CAPACCESS.ORG)
Sat, 29 Mar 1997 16:09:30 -0500
On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, Russ Jones wrote:
> In the British pronunciation, "Powell" rhymes with Noel as in Noel Coward,
> the English actor and dramatist, not with "no-el'" as in "the first noel
> that the angels did say....".
Well, I've always thought Mr. Coward's given name *was* spelt with an
e-umlaut, but that's a different issue entirely.
If Powell is rhymed with no-ul, then it also rhymes with the German Pohl.
And, somehow, although Lord B-P may say it that way, I *seriously* doubt
his Cockney char did likewise! <VBG>
> difficult for me: my native language is neither English nor American, but
> Texan! :-)
How 'bout them Longhorns! <G>
Cheryl (whose pronounciation rhymes with Sterile, not squirrel!)
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