[78-L] Lil and Louis

[Rodger Holtin iPod]

And in Kentucky it's Loo-a-ville

The Wiki article on Satch is pretty fair and it discusses the  
pronunciation at length with the final conclusion that he used about  
all the variants of Louis at one time or another

Sent from my iPod - which explainz any bad typjng


On Jan 29, 2015, at 8:47 PM, Dave Burnham  
<burnhamd at rogers.com.invalid> wrote:

>
> I believe there is no definitive answer. Louisville KY usually has a  
> silent "s", St. Louis MO usually doesn't. I've heard Mr. Armstrong  
> pronounced both ways.
>
> db
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 29, 2015, at 9:39 PM, Kristjan Saag <saag at telia.com.invalid>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I know. Still, the interview was made after that recording...
>> Kristjan
>>
>>> On 2015-01-30 03:06, Dave Burnham wrote:
>>>
>>> "Hello, Dolly this is LOUISSSS, Dolly....."
>>>
>>> db
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Jan 29, 2015, at 9:03 PM, Kristjan Saag  
>>>> <saag at telia.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Listening to an old interview with Lil Hardin Armstrong
>>>> http://stomp-off.blogspot.se/2010/08/lil-armstrong-interview-1-of-2.html
>>>>
>>>> ...and both the interviewer and Lil talk about "Louie". Not a  
>>>> trace of
>>>> "LouiS".
>>>> So, what is the correct pronunciation of Mr Armstrong's first name?
>>>> And another question: did Lil ever record as Lil Hardin  
>>>> Armstrong, or
>>>> was that just a name used by media to keep Lil Armstrong and Lil  
>>>> Hardin
>>>> under the same banner?
>>>> Kristjan
>>>>
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