From Sharon Maher Sent Fri, Jul 16th 1999, 18:57
Sean said verbatim: "Say it any way you like. It doesn't mean anything." So i'd say those of you who really worry about the pronunciation should get over it. Julien Quint wrote: > Aetehraplst" <xxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> said: > > as both of them say in an interview (the one that's messed up by ae), > > it's aw-teck-er. it seems like the only people who have a problem wif > > it are somewhat french, or have knowledge of french pronunciation. > > > meaning no disrepect to any french on the list, obviously. their > > pronunciation is just different than other pronunciations. they look > > at it and see "ou-tesh-rah".. sometimes... since you said toronto, > > and canada is bilingual, that makes sense. > > Well, I'm French :) Until I hear an English guy pronounce the name (the > "official" "aw-teck-er"), I used to say "aw-teck-ruh" (well, the "-uh" at the > end is rather silent though). I know a guy who says "aw-ter-sh" but he's a > loser anyway. > > Julien