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In Reply to: "The War" revisited posted by rico on October 9, 2007 at 01:00:17:
The narrator (?same one Burns used in "Jazz") butchers many of the German names.
Two examples--Dönitz becomes Donitz (no attempt to pronounce the Umlaut)
Torgau an der Elbe (where the Russian and American armies meet at the end of the war)--the final syllable of "Elbe" is dropped. No one, not even the parochial British, pronounces it this way.
I realize that the narrative is "filtered" through American eyes and ears somewhat, but couldn't Burns have picked somebody who has a little familiarity with these names? The guy has obviously never seen these names before in his life, or at least had to pronounce them.
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Follow Ups
- "The War"--a complaint... - C.B. 07:10:24 10/09/07 (7)
- The PROBLEM with PBS - g.r.hughes 08:49:35 10/09/07 (6)
- The War seems to be more about "what" than "why"... - SF tech 17:29:55 10/09/07 (5)
- As 'The Civil War' is memorable and haunting so is 'The War' forgettable and hollow. NT - Tony D. 18:07:53 10/09/07 (4)
- RE: As 'The Civil War' is memorable and haunting....but pretty bad history - Tom Brennan 18:57:54 10/09/07 (3)
- It wasn't meant to be a blow-by-blow recounting - DWPC 14:23:58 10/10/07 (0)
- No doubt, but Burns caught the 'feel' of the Civil war IMO. - Tony D. 19:38:16 10/09/07 (1)
- RE: Agreed; Burns did pretty well with the Civil War - grinagog 21:25:28 10/09/07 (0)
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