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Camille Pissarro -- how pronounced?
I've always assumed this chap's surname was pronounced as spelt and with the stress on the (long-vowel) second syllable. However, I've just heard (and recorded!) a BBC radio announcer pronouncing it "Pizzarro", stressing the first syllable and shortening the second.
So how should it be done?
Matti
So how should it be done?
Matti
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[nq:1]I've always assumed this chap's surname was pronounced as spelt and with the stress on the (long-vowel) second syllable. [/nq] I really must spend more time listening to the Beeb. Such creativity!
- [nq:1]I've always assumed this chap's surname was pronounced as spelt and with the stress on the (long-vowel) second syllable.
- [/nq] I really must spend more time listening to the Beeb.
- Such creativity!
- Perhaps the reader got a case of "Largo al Factotum" STS and couldn't help himself.
- Bob Lieblich Stress on second syllable
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[nq:1]I've always assumed this chap's surname was pronounced as spelt and with the stress on the (long-vowel) second syllable. However, I've just heard (and recorded!) a BBC radio announcer pronouncing it "Pizzarro", stressing the first syllable and shortening the second.[/nq]
I really must spend more time listening to the Beeb. Such creativity!
Perhaps the reader got a case of "Largo al F
I really must spend more time listening to the Beeb. Such creativity!
Perhaps the reader got a case of "Largo al F
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[nq:1]I've always assumed this chap's surname was pronounced as spelt and with the stress on the (long-vowel) second syllable. However, ... BBC radio announcer pronouncing it "Pizzarro", stressing the first syllable and shortening the second. So how should it be done?[/nq]
Wells (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary) gives your version (roughly pee-SAH-roh). The French is shown without stress and
Wells (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary) gives your version (roughly pee-SAH-roh). The French is shown without stress and
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[nq:2]I've always assumed this chap's surname was pronounced as spelt ... and shortening the second. So how should it be done?[/nq]
[nq:1]Wells (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary) gives your version (roughly pee-SAH-roh). The French is shown without stress and with all vowels short ... confusion at the BBC between the painter Pissarro and the conquistador Pizarro, whose name in BrE usually has
[nq:1]Wells (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary) gives your version (roughly pee-SAH-roh). The French is shown without stress and with all vowels short ... confusion at the BBC between the painter Pissarro and the conquistador Pizarro, whose name in BrE usually has
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[nq:2]Wells (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary) gives your version (roughly pee-SAH-roh). The ... conquistador Pizarro, whose name in BrE usually has a (z)?[/nq]
[nq:1]I hadn't come across Pizarro; perhaps the announcer was thinking of the wrong one. A subsequent announcement perhaps by the same chap gave it the Longman way, and it seems to have been a one-off.[/nq]
I listened to the play t
[nq:1]I hadn't come across Pizarro; perhaps the announcer was thinking of the wrong one. A subsequent announcement perhaps by the same chap gave it the Longman way, and it seems to have been a one-off.[/nq]
I listened to the play t
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