misterdoctor@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoIf a contestant on Jeopardy! gave the correct response "Alexandre Dumas" but pronounced the surname as "dumb ass", would the response be accepted?message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down14
arrow-up189arrow-down1message-squareIf a contestant on Jeopardy! gave the correct response "Alexandre Dumas" but pronounced the surname as "dumb ass", would the response be accepted?misterdoctor@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down8·1 month agoIt is a French name. Any “American” pronounciation is wrong.
minus-squarexmunklinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·1 month agoFrench speakers are almost certainly not pronouncing it the way he himself pronounced it due to dialect drift. His father also lived in Haiti for a time so the pronunciation might be even further muddled.
It is a French name. Any “American” pronounciation is wrong.
French speakers are almost certainly not pronouncing it the way he himself pronounced it due to dialect drift. His father also lived in Haiti for a time so the pronunciation might be even further muddled.
W. E. B. DuBois