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Beverly Flanigan flanigan at OHIOU.EDU
Thu Jun 3 18:11:34 UTC 2004


I'm surprised too, but I've heard it pronounced "my way" many times.  We'll
have to ask her!

At 10:48 AM 6/3/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>On Jun 3, 2004, at 8:30 AM, Beverly Flanigan wrote:
>
>>No, stress is on the first syllable:  [brae' z at l].
>
>it was stressed on the second syllable all the way through the Fresh
>Air interview.  i just went back and replayed the interview.
>
>no doubt there are people named Brazile who pronounce the name with
>stress on the first syllable.  but i doubt very much that up-front,
>outspoken Donna Brazile would have put up with an interviewer
>mispronouncing her name repeatedly on air.
>
>arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)



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