[LM_NET] GEN: with apologies regarding Geisel

[Toni Koontz <akoontz@CDEDUCATION.ORG>]

I apologize to the rest of you, but I am getting a number of emails asking
for clarification of how to pronounce Geisel.  Since I merely passed along
the info I found, I am not purporting to be the expert here.  However, my
experience with phonics tells me that if the phonetic spelling meant for it
to be a soft "g" it would have used a "j" and if it would have meant it to
be pronounced "ee" it would have used "gee" instead of the "gie" in the
listing.

So, I have heard it and the way I interpret the listing is "Gie zuhl" (hard
"g", long "I"), the first syllable is accented and the last does not rhyme
with "sell".

Hope everyone has a good day...



Toni Koontz
Librarian
St. Charles Preparatory School
Columbus Ohio
akoontz@cdeducation.org
Carpe Diem

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