Pronunciations?

[gjpratt]

There are a number of CW figures whose names may or may not be pronounced as they appear. I found a thread that discussed the pronunciation of Gen. W.B. Taliaferro and Darius Couch. https://civilwartalk.com/threads/taliaferro-pronunciation.77707/#post-548111

What about these:

Leonidas (long or short i) Polk? (Jim Ogden researched this by interviewing lineal descendants who said the family pronunciation was short i)
Hardee — emphasis on first or second syllable?
Shoup
Cleburne (short e or "Clayburn")?
Philip Kearny (pronounced Karney? — I have been called out by separate present day Keranys for incorrectly using each different pronunciation!)
Benjamin Huger
Fremont — short e or long a? Is the last t pronounced?
Henry Heth — short or long e?
Simon B. Buckner — Simon pronounced with a long i or "seaman"?
Garnett — emphasis on first or second syllable?
Deas
Manigault
Colquitt — "quit" or "kit"?
Garesche

Any others?


Then there is always Union General Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski. ;-)

 

[Nathan Stuart]

Pronounciations will of course vary. The best source for pronounciation is normally the holder/user of the particular name.

Below are my own phonetic interpretations of those names listed with questions next them.

Leonidas (short i)
Hardee (emphasis on second syllable)
Cleburne (Clayburne)
Kearny (varies, but say keer -nee)
Fremont (long e; last t pronounced)
Heth (short e)
Simon (with long i)
Garnett (emphasis on second syllable)
Colquitt (kit)

 

[W Charles Young]

Huger…Hughgee
Deas…Days
Manigault…Manigo with long o

 

[gjpratt]

Here's another one.

Isham Harris. Is his first name pronounced with a short or long i? While I am at it, did he go by his first or middle (Green). I have seen and heard both

 

[rpkennedy]

Shoup: Shoop
Kearny: Ker-nee
Heth: Heeth
Deas: Deez
Garesche: Gar-esh

 

[rpkennedy]

Another one that I recently found out about:

Evander McIvor Law

McIvor: McKeever

 

[rpkennedy]

Here's another one.

Isham Harris. Is his first name pronounced with a short or long i? While I am at it, did he go by his first or middle (Green). I have seen and heard both

Isham: Eye-shum

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Isham: Eye-shum

 

[rpkennedy]

Then there is always Union General Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski. ;-)

Vladimir Shishanevski

Ryan

 

[Lampasas Bill]

Hebert: A-bear. Accent on the first syllable. A common Cajun name in Louisiana.

 

[Pollaco]

How did Samuel Kosciuszko Zook pronounce his middle and last names?

 

[Pollaco]

I wonder how Rosecran's chief of staff,Julius P. Garesche',pronounced his name.

 

[rpkennedy]

How did Samuel Kosciuszko Zook pronounce his middle and last names?

Kosciuszko: Koz you sko
Zook: rhymes with "book"

 

[rpkennedy]

I wonder how Rosecran's chief of staff,Julius P. Garesche',pronounced his name.

Garesche: Gar esh

 

[rpkennedy]

Hebert: A-bear. Accent on the first syllable. A common Cajun name in Louisiana.

Any New Orleans Saints fan knows how to pronounce Hebert.

Ryan

 

[huskerblitz]

There is a city here in Nebraska where Kearny is pronounced "Car-knee". It was named after Stephen Watts Kearny, although a clerical error spelled it Kearney.

 

[Pollaco]

Kosciuszko: Koz you sko
Zook: rhymes with "book"

Oprah Winfrey comes from a town in Mississippi with that name and I don't recall her pronouncing it like that.

 

[Pollaco]

Jesse Reno's last name was really Renault unlike Marcus A. Reno?

 

[rpkennedy]

Oprah Winfrey comes from a town in Mississippi with that name and I don't recall her pronouncing it like that.

That's how New Yorkers pronounce it and having lived some time in the Saratoga area, that is how I learned it.

Looking at the possible Polish pronunciation, it may be closer to "Kaz-choo-sko" but I would need a Polish speaker to confirm my supposition.

Ryan

 

[Pollaco]

That's how New Yorkers pronounce it and having lived some time in the Saratoga area, that is how I learned it.

Looking at the possible Polish pronunciation, it may be closer to "Kaz-choo-sko" but I would need a Polish speaker to confirm my supposition.

Ryan

We have a very small community here in Texas that also goes by that name. But I know it's not pronounced like it is in Mississippi.Plus, I'm part Polish but still can't pronounce it.