Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 12:46:11 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Leo Weigant Subject: Re: Bird name pronunciations Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sherry, Many thanks for the delightful "Doctor Language" article. Another one is "Bachman." An ornithologist I sought out in the Univ. of Alabama once explained that he'd met a granddaughter of the original B. The family's pronunciation is "BACK-man," but who would ever recognize it if you went down that path? Thanks, Leo Weigant ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================