Klarinet Archive - Posting 000910.txt from 2003/04

From: "James Hobby" <jhobby@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Gran Partita or Gran Partitta
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:44:06 -0400

>From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
>
>At 11:27 AM 4/19/2003 -0700, Dan Leeson wrote:
>Tony Pay wrote:
>>So my question for Dan is: which pronunciation do you use?-)
>
>Tony, since the pronunciation of Gran Partitta has a sexual connotation,
>that's the one I would use!!
>
>Loved the pooey mosso story. It is not dissimilar to President Bush
>pronouncing the word: "nucular."

>That is considered STANDARD pronunciation in Texas, which is not so much a
>different state as a different WORLD from where the rest of us
>live! :-)
Re: [kl] Gran Partita or Gran Partitta

Had I spelled the word, without seeing it in print, I would spell Partitta
with two Ts, because it "sound that way," which I know is the last valid
excuse for doing it.

As far as President Bush pronouncing "nucular," I would suggest that most
areas of the country have peculiarities in the way they speak. Not peculiar
for them, of course, but peculiar to people from other areas. This could
account for jokes such as, all of the Rs dropped by people in Mass. migrate
to Texas. (And if one wanted peculiar speech of politicians, one would only
have to look at the collected babblings of a certain former Vice President.
<g>)

However, there are variants, even in an area. Some years ago, in a case I
reported, the witness said he lived in "Lovl". One syllable. After several
requests at repeats, I finally motioned to the attorney that I didn't have a
clue what he was saying. The attorney said, "He lives in Lobelville."
Frankly, it seems that variants in pronunciation are becoming more common
than less.

Jim

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