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Originally Posted by issybird
My favorite Wodehouse reader of them all, Frederick Davidson.*  But even the gods stumble occasionally; the New York restaurant is Del-MON-ico's, not Delmon-EE-co's. :wince: Still, his lifetime mispronunciation index is minuscule, mandatory for godly status.
*He's always Frederick Davidson to me, just as Wanda McCaddon is always Nadia May, real names be danged. |
Agree completely about "real names" here. Though for me, Ms. McCaddon is and always will be Donada Peters.
And David Case is actually David Case, since that's what I first heard him as.
As for Delmonico's -- the only way I ever heard it in NYC was Del-MON-ico's. Not to say that's correct, but that's what New Yorkers appear to use. (Note: New Yorkers are no better at pronouncing names than any other jurisdiction. You should hear some of the things San Francisco natives do to proper place names. And I grew up in a town where there was a "GO-thee" street!)