[Ads-l] "I say...Lusitani-ay"

[Mark Mandel]

In a recording by Woody? In a text note? If a text had the usual spelling
with no additional comment, any singer referring to it would use their own
pronunciation.

I assume that your "[i]" is IPA for the final vowel as pronounced in a
recording. For my curiosity, did the singer pronounce the initial consonant
as [x] or [h]? [h], I assume, but one never knows, do one? (Fats Waller).

Mark Mandel

On Thu, Sep 1, 2022, 7:56 AM Margaret Winters <mewinters at wayne.edu> wrote:

> One of Woody Guthrie's songs pronounces the holiday Chanuky [i].
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