[Dixielandjazz] Louis Armstrong pronounced his name "Lewis"

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

I just showed this to the six Taiwanese students staying in my home 
while attending English Classes at U.C. Berkeley, and they disagree 
politely with Bil Guther's last reply,

They insist that Loo ee  is a Chinese fisherman not a trumpet player. 
:))

And Loo usd  means show us where is the toilet :))

Cheers,

Tom ee learning a new language as we go.

my Engrish is getting more worser howeva


-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Gunter <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
To: barbonestreet at earthlink.net; dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 16:49:03 +0000
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Louis Armstrong pronounced his name "Lewis"

   Hi Steve and Listmates, 
 
  Steve correctly straightened me out on the intent of his post 
regarding the pronunciation of Armstrong's first name. 
 
  I should have picked up on it right away but there are times when I'm 
really more dense than usual. 
 
  Steve used "Lewis" as a rough phonetic rendition of "Louis" as 
pronounced by Armstrong. This is so elementary that I failed to grasp 
it right off. 
 
  My confusion partly stems from the point that "Lewis" can be 
pronounced "Louie" for the same reason "Louis" can be pronounced 
"Louie." 
 
  Steve might have indicated "loo' us", as opposed to "loo' ee" which I 
would have understood right off. 
 
  Computer keyboards are limited in that there is no key or combination 
of keys I know of to produce the symbol for the schwa. Any of you 
computer literate dudes out there familiar with extended special 
characters? 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 Bill Gunter 
 jazzboard at hotmail.com 
 
 >From: Steve barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> 
  >To: Bill Gunter 
<jazzboard at hotmail.com>,<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com> 
  >Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Louis Armstrong pronounced his name 
"Lewis" 
 >Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:32:12 -0400 
 > 
 >Dear Bill . . . 
 > 
  >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) . . . 
 
 >Cheers, 
 >Steve 
 
  
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