Well, thank God that article saved me from the shame of committing a dreadful faux pas the next time I have to introduce Benedict Cumberbatch to Rachel Weiss.
/My last name is Pfeifer. Can't tell you how often that spelling and pronunciation of that gets mangled. But, seeing I'm a non-celeb, I suppose I'll just have to deal.
Deb, some British pronunciations seem arbitrary to me. For instance, why is Davies as in Alan (Jonathan Creek) or Mandy Rice- pronounced "Davis"? A lot of people in England would pronounce my name Mayerson, which is wrong.
There's no way anyone outside Scandinavia will get Peter Stormare right. This supposedly correct way is in fact hilariously wrong:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXgJA54q5-k
It's three syllables, Stor-ma-re, but the difficult part is the prosody. Swedish prosody is highly sophisticated (some might say absurdly over-complicated).
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Cry-der, right?
;)
Jeff
Actually, I did know most of them.
Jeff
So did I, but not all.
Well, thank God that article saved me from the shame of committing a dreadful faux pas the next time I have to introduce Benedict Cumberbatch to Rachel Weiss.
/My last name is Pfeifer. Can't tell you how often that spelling and pronunciation of that gets mangled. But, seeing I'm a non-celeb, I suppose I'll just have to deal.
Deb, some British pronunciations seem arbitrary to me. For instance, why is Davies as in Alan (Jonathan Creek) or Mandy Rice- pronounced "Davis"? A lot of people in England would pronounce my name Mayerson, which is wrong.
Jeff
Don't forget my favorite British pronunciation of all time:
Featherstonehaugh = "Fan-shaw"
I also like St. John = "Sin-jin" but Monty Python seemed to take care of that one.
Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things / To low ambition, and the pride of kings.
There's no way anyone outside Scandinavia will get Peter Stormare right. This supposedly correct way is in fact hilariously wrong:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXgJA54q5-k
It's three syllables, Stor-ma-re, but the difficult part is the prosody. Swedish prosody is highly sophisticated (some might say absurdly over-complicated).
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