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Re: pronunciation
Dashiell Hammett was named after his mother's surname and it was an Anglicanized version of the French name De Chiel.
It's pronounced DASH-ull.
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So by all accounts we just ignore the i altogether eh? Huh. I like Dash-yul better than Dash-ull, but oh well.
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*bangs the gavel*lol Yeah I know two Dashiells, actually, super randomly, and they're both like that - Dashle.
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