Justice Taney

[nq:1]How do you folks pronounce the name of Supreme Court Justice Taney? If you are inclined to email me for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)[/nq]
It looks like /'te ni/, but I believe it is actually /'tO ni/. Not as bad as Rep. Elbridge Gerry /'gEr ri/.
Cece

[nq:2]How do you folks pronounce the name of Supreme Court Justice Taney? If you are inclined to email me for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)[/nq]
[nq:1]It looks like /'te ni/, but I believe it is actually /'tO ni/. Not as bad as Rep. Elbridge Gerry /'gEr ri/.[/nq]
If I read it correctly, 'Gerry' is is pronounced like 'Jerry', with the first sound being the 'g' sound from 'get'. If so, why

[nq:2]It looks like /'te ni/, but I believe it is actually /'tO ni/. Not as bad as Rep. Elbridge Gerry /'gEr ri/.[/nq]
[nq:1]If I read it correctly, 'Gerry' is is pronounced like 'Jerry', with the first sound being the 'g' sound from 'get'. If so, why do you think this is "bad"? That's how I have always pronounced the name 'Gerry'.[/nq]
ASCII phonetics (which I've never mastered) aside, Mr

[nq:2]It looks like /'te ni/, but I believe it is actually /'tO ni/. Not as bad as Rep. Elbridge Gerry /'gEr ri/.[/nq]
[nq:1]If I read it correctly, 'Gerry' is is pronounced like 'Jerry', with the first sound being the 'g' sound from 'get'. If so, why do you think this is "bad"? That's how I have always pronounced the name 'Gerry'.[/nq]
I learned the word as jerrymander. Later I heard some

[nq:2]How do you folks pronounce the name of Supreme Court Justice Taney?[/nq]
[nq:1]It looks like /'te ni/, but I believe it is actually /'tO ni/. Not as[/nq]
You're right, but I didn't know that until I got to Maryland. I live about 20 miles from Taneytown, Md., and since that is mentioned some times on the radio and tv, that's how I learned the pronunciation.

OTOH, there is a T

[nq:1]I learned the word as jerrymander. Later I heard some say Garymander and found out that that's the way he ... him, I would pronounce his name the way he did. Even I were talking about him, I would do that..[/nq]
The word is "gerrymander". Named for Gov Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts. It's pronounced like "jerrymander".

Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL

[nq:2]I learned the word as jerrymander. Later I heard some say Garymander[/nq]
Thanks for the correction. What I meant to say is that I learned the word to pronounced jerrymander.
[nq:2]and found out that that's the way he pronounced his ... Even I were talking about him, I would do that..[/nq]
[nq:1]The word is "gerrymander". Named for Gov Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts. It's pronou

[nq:2]I learned the word as jerrymander. Later I heard some ... Even I were talking about him, I would do that..[/nq]
[nq:1]The word is "gerrymander". Named for Gov Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts. It's pronounced like "jerrymander".[/nq]
Not necessarily, although "jerrymander" does seem to be more common.

[nq:1]Mr. Gerry pronounced his surname as if it were the setting of The Music Man Gary, Indiana.[/nq]
The setting is actually right here in River City.

John Varela
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[nq:1]Hard "g". BAY-sing-ger.[/nq]
So I learned something. I've always pronounced it with a soft g because a friend whose name ends in -nger pronounces his name with a soft g. But his name is (I think) of French origin while Basinger is what? German?

John Varela
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