[78-L] How do you pronounce "Gennett"?

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Sat Jan 19 11:24:30 PST 2013


That's a soft G. And emphasis on the second syl-LAB-ble.

dl

On 1/19/2013 2:17 PM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> Hard G, as "Jen-net."
> Mal
>
> *******
>
> On 1/19/2013 8:37 AM, Julian Vein wrote:
>> I used to pronounce (actually thought it--there was no-one to say it to
>> at the time!] this with a hard G, until I heard others pronounce it with
>> a soft G. I assumed that the others being seasoned collectors knew this
>> to be the correct way, but is it?
>>
>> I suppose my choice was based on its similarity to "Gannett"? In fact,
>> someone here in the UK in the 70s had a reissue label called "Gannett",
>> which used a Gennett-type label design.
>>
>>          Julian Vein


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