Re: [OT] Pronouncing the name: Georges Lemaître

Author: Pete Theisen

Posted: 2009-03-02 at 09:36:07

Paul Hill wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Pete Theisen <petetheisen@verizon.net> wrote:

>> Hi Everybody!

>>

>> I can never pronounce European names from print. Is it La meter. or La

>> mat ray, Le ma tray or what?

>>

>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre

>

> I would guess you pronounce it like Maître d'? (as in the restaurant

> manager). Or do you not use that term in the states?

>

Hi Paul!

ROFL, yes, we do. But I usually eat at places that have hostesses rather

than Maître d's, if even that. Yes, that could be the right way to say it.

Maybe I need to visit the first name as well. Is it Georg es, Gay or

jay, or what?

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