Inappropriate Tics

[steepholm]

I am a very shallow person. I feel terrible for the family of young April Jones, especially now it's emerged that she has cerebral palsy and needs medication. I feel terrible for April Jones herself. I'm awed by the way the local community has worked together to try and find her.

But I still can't help correcting the radio every time a BBC reporter fails to pronounce "Machynlleth" properly. What have I become?

Comments

[ethelmay.livejournal.com]

I don't think that's so bad -- he was a naturalized British subject, so there being an Anglicized version of his name in common use makes sense. If you're going to say "George" rather than "Georg" (as I think my local classical music station does) it makes sense to go on with the English version. And Händel isn't THAT far off "handle" anyway.