[HPFGU-OTChatter] Eponyms, last names was Re: How to Pronounce "properly"

[Angela Boyko]

nlpnt at yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> My last name is Lapointe. I pronounce it just as it's spelled (ignore
> the final "e"; the correct French (Canadian) pron. is something
> like "LApwahn" and I hear that a lot in Montreal; telemarketers
> invariably try, badly, to give it a Spanish pronounciation; "La-POYN-
> tee" or "La-POYN-tay".
> One of my coworkers has the last name Levesque, pronounced "Levec" to
> those familiar with Quebecois French, and "Luh-VESS-quee" or "Luh-
> VESS-quway" to those not. Once again, accents (or pronounciations) as
> identifiers.

I still shudder hearing the name of Joan Benoit, a marathon runner from
Maine. She pronounces it "BeNOIT", hard "t" at the end. I want to shout,
"BenWAH"!

My last name is pronounced "BOYko", rhymes with Elvis Stojko and
"TOYsew". I am amazed at the telemarketers that can squeeze four
syllables out of it. I like to joke that if I marry Elvis, I will be
Angela Boyko-Stojko and will really give telemarketers a hard time. :-)

Angela

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