Finale

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Thu May 21 14:45:03 UTC 2009


At 5/21/2009 09:53 AM, David Bowie wrote:
>So whence this two-syllable pronunciation? Nativization? A Britishism? A
>pronunciation i wasn't aware of before?

 From misapprehended French?  E.g., "Marseille".

Joel

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