BULLOCKS - euph/typo/LA pron.?

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On May 3, 2005, at 10:11 AM, John Baker wrote:

> ...1949 recording of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," written by
> Johnny Marks:  Donner and Blitzen, probably following an erroneous
> copy of the poem's text that used Donner rather than Donder.  It is
> the famous and, to me, completely abhorrent recording of this song
> by Gene Autry that seems to have put "Donner" firmly in some
> people's minds.

abhorrent indeed.  i would like to report that even at the age of 9 i
had enough good taste to detest this song.  people kept saying, "but
it's CUTE!"  i was against cute even then.

arnold, drifting from the topic but thanking john baker for the
chronology