[Ads-l] "Munch-houz-en"

[James Landau]

On ABC News last night there was a report on Gypsy Rose Blanchard (was she named after Gypsy Rose Lee?), the Munchausen-by-Proxy victim.  The newscaster (iirc David Muir) pronounced "Munchausen" as / 'munch - houz - en /, the first syllable rhyming with "bunch" or "crunch".

James Landau
jjjrlandau at netscape.com

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