http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/henry-purcell Language in a word Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:06:06 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/henry-purcell/comment-page-1#comment-33933 Laraine Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:34:45 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=325#comment-33933 Yes, the pronouncement of Purcell's name as Persil does sound odd to our ears, especially in view of the double l. But then we call Dowland Dow-land when clearly he pronounced it Doe-land. Otherwise "Semper Dowland, semper dolens" doesn't make sense. Yes, the pronouncement of Purcell’s name as Persil does sound odd to our ears, especially in view of the double l. But then we call Dowland Dow-land when clearly he pronounced it Doe-land. Otherwise “Semper Dowland, semper dolens” doesn’t make sense.

]]> http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/henry-purcell/comment-page-1#comment-8719 Philip TAYLOR Thu, 14 May 2009 09:42:29 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=325#comment-8719 I think that your observation concerning the product "Persil" may well lie at the root of it. For myself, I always pronounced the name of my sometime colleague Dave Waddell with final stress, not wishing to sounds as if I were saying "waddle" (with its duck connotations). I think that your observation concerning the product “Persil” may well lie at the root of it. For myself, I always pronounced the name of my sometime colleague Dave Waddell with final stress, not wishing to sounds as if I were saying “waddle” (with its duck connotations).

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