George Bernard Shaw

I think I pronounce it differently (as I've heard that name before, cnn right?) - 'Bernard' by itself would normally be pronounced differently.

George Bernard Shaw

I have heard it differently too, but it sounds great the way you pronounce it Hitch.

That clears up the confusion nicely. Thanks Hitch.

There's a recording of Shaw, made by Thomas Edison, in which he pronounces his own middle name in the "American" way, with the accent on the second syllable. Hear him in his own voice at http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/shaw_gb/

As he was Irish, his name is pronounced the Irish way as BURNerd not bearnARD as one would in French.

Well, since there is a recording of HIS voice introducing himself as BerNARD, that is possibly a wrong assumption.

From my college days in a rather proper institution I've thought the emphasis is on the first syllable, as if burnerd rather than St.Bt. Bernard as the dog.

Anonymous There's a recording of Shaw, made by Thomas Edison, in which he pronounces his own middle name in the "American" way, with the accent on the second syllable. Hear him in his own voice at http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/shaw_gb /

His pronuncia

OrpheusAnd regarding the word 'Bernard'

And regarding the name 'Bernard'. American pronunciation involves strong emphasis on the first "r" as well as the "ar" part, sounding like "BeRR-nARRd". British pronunciation involves a gentle r sound, sounding like "Ber-nerd".

I have never heard that a name is not a word. If a typist computes the number of words per minute he or she types in a given text, do they have to subtract all the names that were typed?