Re: Re: Coup de gr‚ce

[Steve Boatti]

In a message dated 5/24/04 10:54:05 AM, juengling_fritz at SALKEIZ.K12.OR.US 
writes:


> How about the name of the German car Porsche being pronounced 'Porsh'?
> BTW, I have never heard *coup de grâce* pronounced as anything other than 
> [ku duh gra].
> Fritz
> 
> 

Not exactly the same phenomenon, but the other day I heard Louis Armstrong's 
recording of "On the Sunny Side of the Street." He quite distinctly renders a 
line, "If you never had a cent, you'd be rich as Rocker-fellow."



Steve Boatti
sjb72 at columbia.edu