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Richard Pennycuick wrote:
>While the thread is discussing pronunciations, there are a few I'd like
>tidied up:
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>... 4. Roberto Gerhard, I believe, eventually pronounced his name as
>JAIR'-UHD. Confirmation?
'Roberto,' by the way, is actually the Castilian variant of his name;
he likely used 'Robert,' the Catalan original. That would be Rro-BER,
emphasizing the last syllable, not the first, as in English. Some of us
are partial to 'Roberto,' to evoke his Spanish background -- which his
surname sure doesn't suggest.
In Catalunya, as elsewhere in Spain, his German surname would sound like
Ger-JJAR, with the strong consonant sounded gutturally, as in a subtle
throat-clearing.
Bert B
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