Submariner (Namor) was Re: SUB

[David Marc Fischer]

Here's a pronunciation from the 1960s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRWeaHkxXwE

Cheers,

David


> I remember Sub-Mariner ... probably from his 1950's career. Namor's
> physiognomy was something like that of Spock on "Star Trek", to my
> perception. Namor was supposedly of half-human ancestry, I think.
>
> I've been uncertain of the 'proper' pronunciation of this
> "Sub-Mariner" since my childhood; I don't remember what I heard Namor
> called back when. Dictionaries show both pronunciations
> ("submarine-er" and "sub-MARiner") for "submariner" = "submarine crewman".
>
> -- Doug Wilson
>
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