Klarinet Archive - Posting 001387.txt from 1998/03

From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Ralphing.
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 03:40:35 -0500

Karen Miner writes:

> I was told by my college clarinet teacher (Dr. Mellott at Southern Illinois
> University at Edwardsville) that it was pronounced "Rafe".

apart from the phonetic spelling (not how i would spell it), your
teacher was right.

raif is (still) a moderately common pronunciation in england -- the
only ralph in my immediate acquaintance uses it.

robin