doctorskull to No Stupid Questions • 1 day agoIf a contestant on Jeopardy! gave the correct response "Alexandre Dumas" but pronounced the surname as "dumb ass", would the response be accepted?message-square36arrow-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 to No Stupid Questions • 1 day agomessage-square36
minus-square@NeoNachtwaechterlink4•1 day agoIt is a French name. Any “American” pronounciation is wrong.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•1 day 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