[78-L] How do you pronounce "Gennett"?
Malcolm Rockwell
malcolm at 78data.com
Sat Jan 19 12:30:22 PST 2013
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On 1/19/2013 9:24 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> That's a soft G. And emphasis on the second syl-LAB-ble.
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> On 1/19/2013 2:17 PM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>> Hard G, as "Jen-net."
>> Mal
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>> 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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