Pronouncing Author Names

[-Carlos-]

How do you pronounced the names of the following authors (bold names only):

E. Annie Proulx
Steven Millhauser
Jeffrey Eugenides (eu geen eh des)?
Michael Chabon (shea bon)?
Jhumpa Lahiri (jah pah lah hee ree)?
Larry Mcmurtry
Alison Lurie (lu ree)?

That's it for now. I do have more....Thanks.

 

[Stewart]

E. Annie Proulx

Proo

Steven Millhauser

Mill-howser

Jeffrey Eugenides (eu geen eh des)?

Yoo-jen-y-dees

Michael Chabon (shea bon)?

Sha-bon

Jhumpa Lahiri

Joom-pa La-hee-ry

Larry Mcmurtry

Mick-murr-tray

Alison Lurie (lu ree)?

Loo-ray

 

[-Carlos-]

That's great Stewart! Thanks a million. How about these:

John Phillips Marquand
James Gould Cozzens
Herman Wouk
Shirley Ann Grau
Bernard Malamud
N Scott Momaday

Thanks!!

 

[abecedarian]

That's great Stewart! Thanks a million. How about these:

John Phillips Marquand
James Gould Cozzens
Herman Wouk
Shirley Ann Grau
Bernard Malamud
N Scott Momaday

Thanks!!

Momaday= Mom-uh-day (one mom per day)

 

[-Carlos-]

Can someone help me with the pronouncements? Stewart? I know you know. I really would appreciate it. Thanks again.

 

[Stewart]

That's great Stewart! Thanks a million. How about these:

John Phillips Marquand
James Gould Cozzens
Herman Wouk
Shirley Ann Grau
Bernard Malamud
N Scott Momaday

Thanks!!

Mar-kand
Gold Cuzz-ins
Vow-k? (Guess)
Gr-ow
Mal-a-mud
Mom-a-day

 

[Freya]

I hope Aquablue realises he/she will be now talking in a Scottish accent....

 

[Stewart]

My accent is rather clear, not at all gruff.

 

[-Carlos-]

Thanks again.

 

[Shade]

I would pronounce Herman Wouk's surname as "Wook." But I could so easily be wrong.

 

[Stewart]

I would pronounce Herman Wouk's surname as "Wook." But I could so easily be wrong.

To be honest, it probably is spoken like that. It's just that the name has the ring of being that of a German immigrant somewhere up the family tree that makes me pronounce the W in that mainland European way: Vee.

 

[Gem]

I think it's pronounced 'Woke' - I remember reading something somewhere about him.

 

[bren]

Yeh, I'm with Gem on this one. Woke for sure.

Imagine my surprise when my local children's librarian pronounced the name of Brian Jacques. And here was I using by thickest french accent!

SHE said "jayks". I should have known though, since he's from Liverpool.

 

[MonkeyCatcher]

How about Chuck Palahniuk?

 

[Gem]

Sorry MC, I forgot to check back on this thread.

I always pronounced it Pah-la-niook, which is wrong. Here's what his website says:

PAUL-AH-NIK (Paula Nick). The story goes that Chuck's Grandparents decided to pronounce their name as a combination on their two first names, Paula and Nick. As Chuck relates it: "So many Palahniuk's drop letters from the name. We kept all the letter's but we probably say it the worst.". The 'Old World' pronunciation is PAH-la-NYOOK

 

[MonkeyCatcher]

Sorry MC, I forgot to check back on this thread.

I always pronounced it Pah-la-niook, which is wrong. Here's what his website says:

Ah, thanks Gem! I've been wondering for a long time how to pronounce that. My sister is in love with a band called Panic! At the Disco and they get a lot of lyrics from his books, so previously whenever we talked about him we'd say his last name as a kind of mushed-up nothing