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Hi. In the UK we pronounce Desideratum as de-zid-uh-rah-tuhm. I trust my phonetics are correct.
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That's the way I pronounce it, too, and I'm an USn. Well, with emphasis on the RAH. But maybe that's what he meant by RAA. Welcome the the monkey house.
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I like bananas too.
That is the way we pronounce it as well here in the Great Plains.
Welcome.
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In the delta, we say daisy-day-ráh-tuhm.
Last edited by BranShea; 04/06/10 08:43 AM. Reason: marshes, delta?
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Small marshlands?
A locale?
----please, draw me a sheep----
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Hi. In the UK we pronounce Desideratum as de-zid-uh-rah-tuhm. I trust my phonetics are correct. We pronounce it the same way on Long Island, accent on the rah. Although some folks on the north shore who speak with teeth clenched might add a soft accent on the zid as well.
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Desiderata is a poem by Max Ehrmann (1872-1945), a Terre Haute poet/lawyer, which begins "Go placidly amid the noise and haste" and goes on to list the ingredients most desirable in a well-lived life. It is sometimes wrongly attributed to "found in Old St. Paul's church, Baltimore", and was set to music during the 1970s.
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Welcome sarahutch. Here's your poem I went looking for after reading your post. Desiderata Apparently sometimes a bit of good advice comes in the form of a poem. Thank you.
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Desiderata is a poem by Max Ehrmann (1872-1945), a Terre Haute poet/lawyer, which begins "Go placidly amid the noise and haste" and goes on to list the ingredients most desirable in a well-lived life. It is sometimes wrongly attributed to "found in Old St. Paul's church, Baltimore", and was set to music during the 1970s. Welcome this is a great poem. Still have a framed copy of it.
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