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Originally Posted by Brianna
Are you being all Grammar/Literature nazi on my ass Mr. SteveDallas?
Coz if you are...
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Would I do that?
Huh?
(It's a quote from
Bartleby the Scrivener, a Melville story.)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brianna
How are you supposed to pronounce 'Turandot'--?
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I've heard it both ways (with and without the final
T pronounced). FWIW there is some evidence (including second-hand reports of how Puccini himself said it) that that last letter is silent. My guess is, knowing opera fans, you're likely to start an argument either way.