doctorskull@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days 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-up187arrow-down13
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareIf a contestant on Jeopardy! gave the correct response "Alexandre Dumas" but pronounced the surname as "dumb ass", would the response be accepted?doctorskull@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down8·2 days agoIt is a French name. Any “American” pronounciation is wrong.
minus-squarexmunklinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·2 days 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