Flipping the bird? and Morse

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:30 AM -0400 8/2/00, Lyons, Jennifer M wrote:
>...Also, recently, my mother and I had a little "argument" over how to
>pronounce the word "Morse", as in Morse Code.  She said it was pronounced
>like "morris", while I say it rhymes with "horse".  (Sorry, I don't know how
>to do the IPA in email....)  This morning, the radio traffic reporter said
>"morris", too.  Any observations on this?
>
For what it's worth, everyone here at Yale, Samuel F. B. Morse's alma
mater, pronounces it to rhyme with "horse" (not with "Horace").
There are Morse fellows here and a Morse (residential) College, in
honor of Samuel and of the funds bequeathed by Susan, an heir
(daughter?  granddaughter?) of his.  I don't know how he pronounced
it himself, though.

Larry