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Saturday, February 21, 2015

Griceiana, Donnellaniana

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At Cornell, Max Black called Donnellan (who was  his graduate student) "Donnell'an". Donnellan was too shy to correct Black --  'in awe' of Black, even. (Donnellan's preferred, 'correct', pronunciation was,  of course,  "Donn'ellan"). It was only when Donnellan moved to UCLA that  the pronunciation "Do'nnellan" became more standard: he was then allowed to set  the record straight.

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