From: uselton@nas.nasa.gov (Samuel P. Uselton)
Subject: Re: MISC: Lanier-pronunciation
Date: 12 Dec 1995 01:14:06 GMT
Message-ID: <USELTON.95Dec11171406@wk309.nas.nasa.gov>
Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation, NASA Ames


From: uselton@nas.nasa.gov (Samuel P. Uselton)

In article <DJ9BKq.Jwn@freenet.carleton.ca> ai474@freenet.carleton.ca (Farrell McGovern) writes:
   Tammyan M Starr (tammyan@HAWAII.EDU) writes:
  >> What is the proper pronunciation of Lanier (Jaron Lanier)?

>I don't know how he pronounces it...but being a french name, the
>francophone pronunciation is something akin to "lan-yea".

I don't know him personally, but I know people who do, and I've also
heard him speak a couple of times.  I have only heard his name
pronounced in the "ordinary American way" - "lah NEAR" - and that
includes the people introducing him at the talks.

Sam Uselton		uselton@nas.nasa.gov