Selene Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 I try not to get too upset at people mispronouncing Rand's name. The pronuniciation Ain, rhymes with pain is a reasonable guess. Ann Rand is simply stupid. Who has ever heard of a silent wye in English? Levin's "Ian Rand" at least isn't an attempt to ignore the wye.The problem is that most Americans have not a clue about any foreign languages, and hence they are also helpless with their own.Look at how many people, including Presidents, and Victor Davis Hanson say "nucular." The word is nuclear. Nu-clear. What could be more obvious and clear?And of course foreign words are butchered. In German, "ei" is always rhymed with English "eye" and "ie" is always rhymed with "fiend." So how do we spell wiener as in hot dog or wimp? Weiner, of course.And what about Moulin Rouge? The first word rhymes with Julianne, not with nylon. But everyone says moul-on when they should say moul-anne.So I will try not to let "Ian Rand" bother me tee mich.See I pronounced up until now, Moo - lin as in link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 (edited) oops Edited October 27, 2009 by Selene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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