Lighten up Jan I was talking about "talking heads" parading as reporters, not about Alex Singer. Or maybe it was the group Talking Heads whose leader David Bryne is, I believe, quite a bike fan. Edward Albert Chappaqua, New Yawk, U.S.A.
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Jan Heine <heine94@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Yes. I would postulate that the French pronunciation of the
>> Hungarian/Jewish name "Singer" would be about equivalent to the American
>> talking heads' pronunciation of "Peugeot" on Speed Channel. ;-)
>>
>> Edward Albert wrote:
>>
>>> Since when were reporters, especially talking heads, trustworthy sources
>>> for
>>> pronunciation
>>>
>>
> And here we start again. It is true: Alex Singer himself may have
> mispronounced his own name!
>
> Too bad that during his lifetime, the CR list did not yet exist, as we
> could have set him straight on how he should have pronounced his name. ;-)
>
> Everybody I have met in France and Belgium, who knew and dealt with Alex
> Singer during his lifetime, pronounces his name the way the TV announcer
> does. So do Ernest and Olivier Csuka.
>
> To me, that suffices to make it the correct pronunciation. At least for
> "Cycles Alex Singer" - the company that continues to exist today.
>
>
> Jan Heine
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