Pronunciation of Fortescue

coriolan_cmc2001 coriolan at worldnet.att.net
Wed Feb 13 02:06:14 UTC 2002


No: HPFGUIDX 35118

I recently wrote a filk in which I assumed that the surname of 
Florean Fortescue (he of the ice cream parlor in PoA, Chap. 4) was a 
three-syllable word (For-tes-cue). It now occurs to me that perhaps 
it is a two-syllable word (For-tesk). Could someone enlighten me?

  - CMC (who needs to invest in a set of Dale or Fry)





More information about the HPforGrownups archive