Misled

[Sylvia Swift]

>
>If I remember correctly, the narrator of _How Green Was My Valley_ used that
>spelling pronunciation [MAI-zl + d], and was mocked by his non-Welsh
>sschoolmaster.

several characters in the film _carnal knowledge_ discuss the
phenonmenon of getting to college and learning correct pronunciation
through humiliation; the example of MY-zuhld (forgive my non-IPA
representation) is given.

sylvia swift
madonna at socrates.berkeley.edu