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		By: AesopFan		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[@ huxley &#062; &quot;I too regard mispronunciation of unusual, often foreign, words as a tip-off that it’s an AI voice.&quot;

Just putting this out as my own footnote: I had thought that to be an unfailing guide, but I have been binge watching a series of videos on &quot;how to write&quot; by an accomplished editor John Fox aka Bookfox, who is excellent in his advice and examples, and clearly narrating his own material, almost off-the-cuff AFAIK, although he might have prepared a script beforehand, to facilitate the video clips and text overlays.

However, to my ear, he massacred the pronunciation of Cyrano de Bergerac when discussing Rostand&#039;s epic play, although usually pretty good at foreign names.

But surprise!
We can both be correct. 
Google AI summary:
&quot;Cyrano de Bergerac is pronounced as &quot;see-rah-noh deh ber-zhah-rahk&quot; in French. In English, it is often pronounced as &quot;sir-uh-noh deh bur-zhuh-rak.&quot;
(They may intend &quot;sir&quot; to sound like &quot;sear&quot; but that&#039;s not the English phoneme.)

I&#039;ve always used something between the two examples: sear-uh-noh deh ber-zhah-rahk.
However this &quot;weird trick,&quot; which is what Bookfox used, is also given as acceptable, but sounds terrible and isn&#039;t French or English:
Emphasize the second syllable: &quot;rah&quot;

Supporting me:
https://www.howtopronounce.com/cyrano

Supporting Bookfox:
How to say &quot;cyrano&quot;! (High Quality Voices)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnQLfSVkw_8

Thank you for your attention to this matter!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ huxley &gt; &#8220;I too regard mispronunciation of unusual, often foreign, words as a tip-off that it’s an AI voice.&#8221;</p>
<p>Just putting this out as my own footnote: I had thought that to be an unfailing guide, but I have been binge watching a series of videos on &#8220;how to write&#8221; by an accomplished editor John Fox aka Bookfox, who is excellent in his advice and examples, and clearly narrating his own material, almost off-the-cuff AFAIK, although he might have prepared a script beforehand, to facilitate the video clips and text overlays.</p>
<p>However, to my ear, he massacred the pronunciation of Cyrano de Bergerac when discussing Rostand&#8217;s epic play, although usually pretty good at foreign names.</p>
<p>But surprise!<br />
We can both be correct.<br />
Google AI summary:<br />
&#8220;Cyrano de Bergerac is pronounced as &#8220;see-rah-noh deh ber-zhah-rahk&#8221; in French. In English, it is often pronounced as &#8220;sir-uh-noh deh bur-zhuh-rak.&#8221;<br />
(They may intend &#8220;sir&#8221; to sound like &#8220;sear&#8221; but that&#8217;s not the English phoneme.)</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve always used something between the two examples: sear-uh-noh deh ber-zhah-rahk.<br />
However this &#8220;weird trick,&#8221; which is what Bookfox used, is also given as acceptable, but sounds terrible and isn&#8217;t French or English:<br />
Emphasize the second syllable: &#8220;rah&#8221;</p>
<p>Supporting me:<br />
<a href="https://www.howtopronounce.com/cyrano" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.howtopronounce.com/cyrano</a></p>
<p>Supporting Bookfox:<br />
How to say &#8220;cyrano&#8221;! (High Quality Voices)<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnQLfSVkw_8" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnQLfSVkw_8</a></p>
<p>Thank you for your attention to this matter!</p>
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		By: BJ		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Baryshnikov did a cameo for Barbra Streisand’s quite funny “Emotion” music video, shown here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-slIu4pqQ8&#038;list=RDC-slIu4pqQ8&#038;start_radio=1

(Yes, that’s the Who’s Roger Daltry as Barbra’s sleepy husband)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Baryshnikov did a cameo for Barbra Streisand’s quite funny “Emotion” music video, shown here.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-slIu4pqQ8&#038;list=RDC-slIu4pqQ8&#038;start_radio=1" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-slIu4pqQ8&#038;list=RDC-slIu4pqQ8&#038;start_radio=1</a></p>
<p>(Yes, that’s the Who’s Roger Daltry as Barbra’s sleepy husband)</p>
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		By: huxley		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the late 60s I recall reading an exciting article on Richard Villella in Life Magazine. He sounded like the Bobby Fischer of ballet. I wondered how his career turned out.

I too regard mispronunciation of unusual, often foreign, words as a tip-off that  it&#039;s an AI voice.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the late 60s I recall reading an exciting article on Richard Villella in Life Magazine. He sounded like the Bobby Fischer of ballet. I wondered how his career turned out.</p>
<p>I too regard mispronunciation of unusual, often foreign, words as a tip-off that  it&#8217;s an AI voice.</p>
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