[78-L] Western swing festival on now! (Pronunciation of names)

[David Lennick]

Okay, I bought the one cent copy..the two cent one is still there.
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On 3/25/2011 6:01 PM, Don Chichester wrote:
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> Try this:
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> http://www.amazon.com/NBC-Handbook-Pronunciation-Eugene-Ehrlich/dp/0062730568
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> Don
>
>> From: audiotechtransfer at bresnan.net
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:54:12 -0600
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Western swing festival on now! (Pronunciation of names)
>>
>> I recently began putting together and broadcasting two two-hour weekly shows
>> on the local college radio station, KNWT, Cody, Wyoming. One of those
>> shows, airing at 10AM - Noon Saturdays, is "Dave's Old Time Radio" featuring
>> music from the era of 78s.
>>
>> I'm comfortable doing the voice overs and I'm careful not to interject
>> vocalized pauses such as "like", "ya-know", "umm" etc.... However, I worry
>> about my pronunciation of artist's names. The example you cite below, "Leo
>> Soileau" would have me flummoxed. Any tips or suggestions on researching
>> proper pronunciation of names?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Dave Rose
>> aka Cactus Cowboy
>>
>>> Message: 7
>>> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:23:36 -0700
>>> From: Cary Ginell<soundthink at live.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Western swing festival on now!
>>> To:<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Message-ID:<BLU142-W590281B593D7256D91151B0B90 at phx.gbl>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>
>>>
>>> Cajun pioneer Leo Soileau's last name was just pronounced "so-LAY" instead
>>> of "swa-LOW," as it should be pronounced, one of many mangled
>>> pronunciations on WKCR's western swing broadcast today.
>>>
>>> Cary Ginell
>>>
>>