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

[Dan Goncharoff]

Is there much difference between Mun-chouz-en and Munch-houz-en?
DanG


On Sat, Jan 6, 2024 at 8:19 PM James Landau <
00000c13e57d49b8-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> 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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