Re: [CR] Singer

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Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:42:55 -0400
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Singer


Jan Heine wrote:
> 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. I would have to agree. Also, I'll bet that most people in the English speaking world (except maybe those specifically into classic French bicycles) would pronounce it the English way. Just guessing here, but Jan probably no longer pronounces his own name the way his parents pronounced it. Usually it's a lot simpler to adapt than to change the world around you. -- John Betmanis Woodstock, Ontario Canada