Pronouncing "Samuel"

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Thu Oct 23 16:23:48 UTC 2008


At 10/23/2008 12:57 AM, Douglas G. Wilson wrote:
>Similarly I could name my son "Samuel" (so written) and just
>assert that it must always be pronounced plain "Sam"

I thought it was pronounced "Shmuel".

Joel

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