tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post3741061283738823569..comments2023-10-18T06:20:09.433-07:00Comments on cul de sac: Happy Birthday, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingresrichardcthompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176282831210054050noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-24461825314256458992008-09-12T13:48:00.000-07:002008-09-12T13:48:00.000-07:00I just found this--sorry for my late comment--Davi...I just found this--sorry for my late comment--David T has it right, it's basically uhng-rh-uh. Well, neither of the "uhs" is quite the right sound, but that's the best I can do in writing. By the way, Degas is supposed to have pronounced his name "Degass." The non-silent final "s" was kind of an aristocratic thing to do in 19th c. France.Andrei Molotiuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17400106944822618816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-10185794793669298832008-09-01T14:04:00.000-07:002008-09-01T14:04:00.000-07:00So I'll never be able to pronounce his name since ...So I'll never be able to pronounce his name since I have no tonsils...bloggeranonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04491227190999389583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-41491006468911730792008-08-30T20:36:00.000-07:002008-08-30T20:36:00.000-07:00Thanks, youalll, but I was more kinda tickled than...Thanks, youalll, but I was more kinda tickled than bitter; tickled that such an off-hand idea went so far, even provoking a puny controversy. And it was only a signed column, not an editorial, so I don't hold it against the Wall Street Journal, I've even done some freelance illustration work for 'em since. And they publish Mike Lynch's cartoons, so they can't be all bad.<BR/><BR/>Paul B, you do that silly-voices thing in the car too? I'm glad I'm not the only one.<BR/><BR/>And David T, thanks for the pronunciation lesson! I'll get to work on one a them odalisques.richardcthompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176282831210054050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-2949362613584165212008-08-29T19:58:00.000-07:002008-08-29T19:58:00.000-07:00So the Wall Street Journal has no sense of humor. ...So the Wall Street Journal has no sense of humor. Whadaya expect from a paper that doesn't run comics?JoshMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00000055082864354980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-86540184364124086192008-08-29T11:27:00.000-07:002008-08-29T11:27:00.000-07:00oh. & the loving way you reinterpret those in...oh. & the loving way you reinterpret those ingres paintings should show just how "seriously" you take them. some people are just definitely devoid of any understanding of even light irony.<BR/><BR/>would love to see your interpretation of an ingres odalisque. those are my favourites.<BR/><BR/>okay, you can all tell me to shut up now.david thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14397271157267666988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-90705523960619548782008-08-29T10:48:00.000-07:002008-08-29T10:48:00.000-07:00had i seen this t-shirt at the met i would have ta...had i seen this t-shirt at the met i would have taken two. great work!<BR/><BR/>a trick if you want to pronounce ingres right is to add a tiny "e" sound at the end: uhn-g-rollin'r-(e). a little-known secret of french is that you're actually supposed to pronounce those "silent" trailing e's but none of us native speakers do, probably because we're so eager to get to the next word. but when you get a hard to pronounce word like ingres, then listen well & you will hear that so-called silent e...<BR/><BR/>(you will, however, never hear the silent "s" as that one is definitely sssssilent.)david thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14397271157267666988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-30908702205806508422008-08-29T09:06:00.000-07:002008-08-29T09:06:00.000-07:00How many brilliant cartoons go on to have brillian...How many brilliant cartoons go on to have brilliant careers in the public eye? Lovely.<BR/><BR/>A shame the original is lost though.<BR/><BR/>Every now & then I go off on my own little 'Ingres'-pronouncing jag (usually while in the car by myself, when my vocal talents really shine). It's a challenge. For me, helps to warm up the mid-to-posterior glossal with some German -- say, a half-dozen repetitions of 'wirklich ungerecht' or 'teuere Rückfahrkarte.' Anyway, wish I'd known before now of your thoroughgoing treatment of this problem for the Post.paul bowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409615610994443652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-24420531801797195852008-08-29T09:04:00.000-07:002008-08-29T09:04:00.000-07:00Q: How do you pronounce "Wall Street Journal"?A: "...Q: How do you pronounce "Wall Street Journal"?<BR/>A: "Anal".Kid Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475696121551202158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-1741752077583950532008-08-29T07:43:00.000-07:002008-08-29T07:43:00.000-07:00Funny how Mr. GLIBson (Ha! How do I come up with t...Funny how Mr. GLIBson (Ha! How do I come up with these zingers?) comes off like he's the master of propriety, but at the same time isn't above lying by omission to get what he needs for his pithy little article.<BR/><BR/>I'll be bitter for you, Richard.Norm Feutihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02279036586769433373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-34505243600017162332008-08-29T05:59:00.000-07:002008-08-29T05:59:00.000-07:00Imbeciles!(That's all I got.)Imbeciles!<BR/><BR/>(That's all I got.)here today, gone tomorrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17203537337770906267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-65649414131573445762008-08-29T05:47:00.000-07:002008-08-29T05:47:00.000-07:00Sacre bleu! What is this world coming to?! A bit o...Sacre bleu! What is this world coming to?! A bit of humor expressed in our temples of artistic reverence? Next thing you know our scholarly journals of commerce will be running art criticism fluff pieces!Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058466126425263346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-21481210844759802442008-08-29T00:18:00.000-07:002008-08-29T00:18:00.000-07:00Broy-gil leh zhong, Edt-ward Voo-yhar. Close? My p...Broy-gil leh zhong, Edt-ward Voo-yhar. Close? My problem with Ingres is I always add an r on the end; Onnng(r).<BR/>My all time favorite artist is Degas, and not only because he's relatively easy to say. My favorite artist to say is Pollaiuolo, but he's Italian and therefor easier to pronounce, for me at any rate. I didn't do so well in high school French (imbécile, c'est moi}.richardcthompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176282831210054050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-27350852368581022862008-08-29T00:02:00.000-07:002008-08-29T00:02:00.000-07:00Wow, a strip at the Met AND a bad paper ! How cool...Wow, a strip at the Met AND a bad paper ! How cool.<BR/>If you can't say "Ingres" correctly, I don't know what you could do with "Bruegel le jeune" or even "Edouard Vuillard"...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com