Richard Pennyquick:

>While the thread is discussing pronunciations, there are a few I'd like
>tidied up:
>...
>3. Although I always pronounce Bernstein to rhyme with line, as I think
>it should be, I've heard it pronounced to rhyme with lean.  Does anyone
>know for sure how Lenny himself said his name, please?

Rhymes with "line." At least, that's how he pronounced it (and insisted
upon it; he would loudly correct people who rhymed it with "fern green")
once he became The Greatest American Conductor.  I have no idea how he
pronounced it before then.

Steve Schwartz