HIT: How to pronounce Ayn Rand

[Scott & Jacque Childress <jacquec@WEB-ACCESS.NET>]

   Several of you responded (thanks!) to my question about how to
correctly pronounce Any Rand's name.  The following shows the varied
responses I received and how many times they occured.
Ayn:
   Rhymes with "mine"/"pine" (1 syllable)...8
   Like "Ann"................................................4
   "I-an", "ion", "I-in" (2 syllables)..............3

Rand:
   "Ran" with a silent "d".............................1
   Rhymes with "sand".................................2

   Many informed me there is an article about her in this month's
Biography Magazine and "According to them her first name rhymes with
mine. She took this name
from a Finnish author. Of course her last name Rand was taken from the
name of the typewriter she brought over when she left Russia."
  One of the most interesting responses came from a librarian whose
father actually knew Ayn Rand.  She confirms the name rhymes with
"mine".
   Thanks again!
Jacque Childress, Librarian
Cross Plains Elem. Library
Cross Plains, TX

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