[78-L] Pierre & Chaikovskii...

[Royal Pemberton]

I always thought Beatrice was pronounced 'beatriss' or 'bee-ut-riss'.
And where did that spelling of Tschaikovsky come from?

(Are people from your city referred to as Aberdonians, as they are in Scotland?)

On 1/7/09, Ted Kneebone <tkneebone1 at abe.midco.net> wrote:
> Surely this is off topic, but since someone got us started on
> pronunciations, here are two for you.
> We know you are not from South Dakota if you do not pronounce Pierre
> correctly.  We ignore its French heritage by pronouncing it "Peer."
>
> Nebraska people mess up the beautiful girl's name "Beatrice" by calling it
> "Bee-at-ris."
>
> Now to get back to something related to 78 rpm discs...
>
> Anyone know where I can get a CD of the Chaikovskii piano concerto no. 1 by
> Egon Petri, and the London Philharmonic, conducted (I think) by Walter
> Goehr?
>
> Ted Kneebone. 1528 S. Grant St., Aberdeen, SD 57401. Phone: 605-226-3344.
>
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