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Unbiased Posted 19 years ago
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Pronouncing Shelby's last name
0 I am sure many of us know popular Americah writer Hubert Shelby, Jr. Even those who have not ever read his books such as 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' and 'The Requiem for a Dream' might have heard this name. The last one was adopted into a highly successful movie directed by Daren Aranofsky. 02 br
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00 The question is how should I correctly pronounce his last name: [Shel-bee] vesus [Sel-bee]. What is the first sound? 0-
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00 The question is how should I correctly pronounce his last name: [Shel-bee] vesus [Sel-bee]. What is the first sound? 0-
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0 01 blockquote 01 cite 10 Unbiased 12 cite 10 I am sure many of us know popular Americah writer Hubert Shelby, Jr. Even those who have not ever read his books such as 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' and 'The Requiem for a Dream' might have heard this name. 12 br 12 br 10 The question is how should I correctly pronounce his last name: [Shel-bee] vesus [Sel-bee].
- 0 01 blockquote 01 cite 10 Unbiased 12 cite 10 I am sure many of us know popular Americah writer Hubert Shelby, Jr.
- Even those who have not ever read his books such as 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' and 'The Requiem for a Dream' might have heard this name.
- 12 br 12 br 10 The question is how should I correctly pronounce his last name: [Shel-bee] vesus [Sel-bee].
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01 cite 10 Unbiased 12 cite 10 I am sure many of us know popular Americah writer Hubert Shelby, Jr. Even those who have not ever read his books such as 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' and 'The Requiem for a Dream' might have heard this name. The last one was adopted into a highly successful movie directed by Daren Aranofsky. 12 br
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0 It should be pronounced [ SElbi ] (that's a stretched s, so "sh" like in "show") 0-
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