[78-L] OT Pronunciation question^

Stewart, Joseph R RandyStewart at MissouriState.edu.invalid
Thu Jun 19 17:53:43 PDT 2014


Ray Kilcoyne wrote: 
"Does any know for sure how to pronounce the last name of singer, Dana Valery?
Accent on the first or second syllable?"

I've always heard it as second syllable accented--"vah-LEHR-ee". (And first name as "DAH-nah" or "Donna", rather than "day-nah")
There's a YouTube video of a 1974 (syndicated) episode of "What's My Line", where Dana Valery is one of the celebrity panelists.  
Announcer Chet Gould clearly pronounces her name in the intro as "Donna vah-LEHR-ee".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gr8kTRKb5I
"What's My Line 1974 - Episode 250-2"

Randy Stewart
Battlefield MO


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