Re: "Shawday" (not aj, but most definitely shah-day)

chris larkin (C.J.Larkin@reading.ac.uk)
Fri, 17 May 1996 15:00:56 +0100 (BST)


On Fri, 17 May 1996 bdwyer@nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu wrote:

> On Thu, 16 May 1996, Elson Trinidad wrote:
>
> > Either accent, It's pronounced, "Shah-day," anyway.
>
> Thanks for this explanation. Really. I like this pronunciation better and
> will use it from now on out. It has a much "smoother" sound that's closer
> to her given name. Now, how about the famous Marat de Sade?
>
>
Do you mean Marat (french revolutionary who had a bad skin complaint and
was stabbed in his bath) Or (Marquis) de Sade, (aristocratic philosopher
and celebrated pervert?)
;) Chris