[Dixielandjazz] Louis Armstrong pronounced his name "Lewis"

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Oh My Gawd:

Does this mean that I have was wrong in playing  "Louie Louie" all 
those years and I should have been playing "Lewis Lewis"
Me gotta go now.  Watch it now watch it now.   :))

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins
Who speaks Two foreign languages,  Rock & Jive, working on Ebonics





-----Original Message-----
From: Steve barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: Bill Gunter <jazzboard at hotmail.com>; dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:32:12 -0400
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Louis Armstrong pronounced his name "Lewis"

   Dear Bill (Bil)

Ha, Ha. A subtle distinction? Nah, the distinction couldn't be plainer. 
All
of us old folks who went through schools when they taught "English"
understand that perfectly. And as an accomplished writer, you know the
difference. However, the urge to obfuscate seems to have triumphed. VBG.

"Louis" and "Louis" have at least two different pronunciations. The 
"Louis"
in Louis XIV, and/or Crab Louis are pronounced quite differently from 
the"
Louis" in St. Louis Missouri. (Louie and Lewis in case you missed the 
point)

Regarding Bil and Bill, there is no valid comparison as they are neither
spelled the same, nor have two different pronunciations.

Cheers,
Steve

on 8/11/05 1:06 AM, Bill Gunter at jazzboard at hotmail.com wrote:

> Steve B writes (regarding "Louis" vs. "Louie"):
>
>> "Judging from home recorded tapes now in the Archives, Louis 
pronounced his
>> own name as "Lewis."
>
> What was the specific information on the home recording that 
indicated the
> pronunciation was "Lewis" rather than "Louis?"
>
> That's a pretty subtle distinction.
>
> I have a friend named "Bil" and we often get confused as to which is 
the
> correct pronunciation . . . "Bil" or my own name, "Bill."
>
> 'Tis a puzzlement.


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