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Help[Opinions] Re: Wdyt of Bernard?
in reply to a message by lepetitviolet
I like Bernard much better than Bernie, which I find really unappealing.
The usual US pronunciation, with the second syllable stressed, sounded wrong and clumsy and unexpected to me - nobody says harALD, after all - and when applied to George Bernard Shaw was even comic; I preferred BERnard or Bernd. To my great surprise, I've recently learnt that there's a South African (English speaking) berNARD in his sixties or seventies, who is a friend of a friend and certainly an old man. If one, there must be others.
Bernard would sound silly with my ln, so I'd only consider using it as a mn.
The usual US pronunciation, with the second syllable stressed, sounded wrong and clumsy and unexpected to me - nobody says harALD, after all - and when applied to George Bernard Shaw was even comic; I preferred BERnard or Bernd. To my great surprise, I've recently learnt that there's a South African (English speaking) berNARD in his sixties or seventies, who is a friend of a friend and certainly an old man. If one, there must be others.
Bernard would sound silly with my ln, so I'd only consider using it as a mn.
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