Re: GEN: pronounciation of publisher

[Anastasia Suen <forsuens@FLASH.NET>]

Cheryl Sturgeon wrote:
>
> Today on my way home I heard a commentater on NPR public radio
> pronounce the publisher Houghton Mifflin as Huff-tun.  I always thought
> it was Ho-tun. Does anyone know for sure.  I would usually defer to the
> radio, but it just sounds wrong.  She also pronounced Knopf as Ku-nawf.
> I though Nawf.
>
> I realize this is not earth shattering, but I've always been
> instinctively good at pronouncing some of the more difficult author
> names.
As an author with an unusual name, I feel compelled to answer this.
It's Ho-tun and Ku-nawf.

Best!
Anastasia Suen  (Anna-STAY-sha SOON)
forsuens@flash.net

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