Archive for 2006/02


Ebonics in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (listen!)

The other day I was arguing with a friend about the proper pronunciation of the name Carnegie, as in Carnegie Melon, or Carnegie Hall. The results are still inconclusive– in an interview about a book titled Carnegie, the author pronounces it car-NAY-gee, while the online pronunciator at Merriam-Webster pronounces it like I always have: […]