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southendmd:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 22, 2017, 02:46:38 pm ---How did the English--or the man himself--pronounce the name of the actor Maurice Evans? I've only ever heard it Maurice, rather than Morris. Even Endora called him Maurice. ;D
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From wiki:
American television audiences of the 1960s will remember Evans as Samantha's father, Maurice, on the sitcom Bewitched. His real-life insistence that his first name was pronounced the same as the name "Morris" was ironically at odds with his Bewitched character's contrasting stance that it be pronounced "Maw-REESE".
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: southendmd on May 22, 2017, 02:59:49 pm ---From wiki:
American television audiences of the 1960s will remember Evans as Samantha's father, Maurice, on the sitcom Bewitched. His real-life insistence that his first name was pronounced the same as the name "Morris" was ironically at odds with his Bewitched character's contrasting stance that it be pronounced "Maw-REESE".
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Wouldn't surprise me if someone somewhere thought us Yankees would be confused if somebody pronounced "Maurice" as "Morris."
Evans once made a guest appearance on Daniel Boone (as the French playwright Beaumarchais--never mind!), and in the voice-over announcing his appearance, his name was pronounced "Maw-REESE."
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 22, 2017, 02:46:38 pm ---Well, yes, but the Dutch and the Germans don't spell it "Maurice."
How did the English--or the man himself--pronounce the name of the actor Maurice Evans? I've only ever heard it Maurice, rather than Morris. Even Endora called him Maurice. ;D
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Maurice Herbert Evans was born in Dorset, England and surely pronounced his 'Christian name' (as they used to say) "MORRIS" (despite the fact that EVANS is as Welsh as they come) but in AMERICA, well-- ;) :laugh:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Evans_(actor)
Personal life
Although he had taken U.S. citizenship, by the end of the 1960s, Evans returned to Britain. Aside from an infrequent trip to the United States and occasional visits to retired actors in financial need (as a representative of the Actors' Fund, of which he was a longtime trustee), he lived quietly near Brighton. He never married, and was survived by a brother, Hugh, of London.
Anyway, click and scroll down and see/hear all the variations of MAURICE (Gibb, natch)--American Pronunciation is totally Maw-REESE of course:
http://www.pronouncekiwi.com/Maurice%20Gibb
Jeff Wrangler:
Do undergamekeepers really say things like "Come without fail" and "We shan't never be parted"?
(At least the second one has a double negative.)
Notwithstanding the lack of impression Maurice made on me, I really have always been a fan of Merchant-Ivory films. You always knew a Merchant-Ivory film would be a classy, high-quality production.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on May 22, 2017, 03:17:21 pm ---EVANS is as Welsh as they come.
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You ain't kiddin'. Early Philadelphia had a Welsh-born C. of E. parson. His name was Evan Evans!
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