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in reply to a message by mirfak
I've never been certain; I attended elementary school with one - in Southern NY, and we pronounced her name more like Raw-salind. However, when I eventually read the following quotation, I pronounced it as "Rahzalind". So to the same New Yorkers, I am Baw-brah (Baw-bie). Folks like to poke fun at the accent of native New Yaukahs. So perhaps we can apply the old saw "you say tomato, I say tomato"...
Hang there, my verse, in witness of my love:
And thou, thrice-crowned queen of night, survey
With thy chaste eye, from thy pale sphere above,
Thy huntress' name, that my full life doth sway.
O Rosalind! these trees shall be my books,
And in their barks my thoughts I'll character,
That every eye, which in this forest looks,
Shall see thy virtue witness'd everywhere.
Run, run, Orlando: carve on every tree
The fair, the chaste, and unexpressive she.
Hang there, my verse, in witness of my love:
And thou, thrice-crowned queen of night, survey
With thy chaste eye, from thy pale sphere above,
Thy huntress' name, that my full life doth sway.
O Rosalind! these trees shall be my books,
And in their barks my thoughts I'll character,
That every eye, which in this forest looks,
Shall see thy virtue witness'd everywhere.
Run, run, Orlando: carve on every tree
The fair, the chaste, and unexpressive she.
This message was edited 7/21/2016, 4:22 PM
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