tweeters: Mr. Jungel wrote:

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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 07:56:00 -0700 (PDT)
Reply-To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
From: Kort Jungel <jungelk at elwha.evergreen.edu>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Pronunciation

Fellow Tweeters; Could you help me clear up a little confusion? On
several
occasions this Spring I have been corrected in my pronunciation of two
species of birds...namely Lazuli Bunting and Vaux's Swift.
I have tried "Luzoolee" and "Lazleye", and also, "Voze" and
Vawx's".
I have been corrected attempting to use all four versions, some of
them
more than once! What's the scoop on this? Does it matter?

Thanks, Kort M. Jungel
THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
Olympia WA 98505


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I learned these pronunciations from a friend I birded with for many
years (caveat: real phonetic characters are not my forte):

lahz-YOO-lee vawks

No one ever corrected my friend, perhaps because they agreed with
these pronunciations or perhaps because he stood 6'4", weighed a lean
225 pounds, had close-cropped hair and was of swarthy complexion: very
intimidating! Now I'm uncertain; will watch this thread with interest!

a Buaidh! FX

F. X. Schloeder "More despicable than the will
Bellaire, TX to command is the will to obey".
fx at sprynet.com