[Magdalen] "D'" pet peeve (note apostrophe).

[Ann Markle]

I think it depends on how the name was Americanized, and how the "owner" of
the name uses, or chooses, or prefers to use it.

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com

On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 7:13 PM, M J [Mike] Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> For years I've heard locals of every stripe refer to the D'Arrigo Bros
> farming entity as "Dee-Arrigo".  And since I've gone Food Network, I've
> heard everyone there refer to chef Melissa D'Arabian as "Dee-Arabian".  Am
> I alone in wondering why no one honors the apostrophe?  It's "Darrigo" and
> "Darabian", phonetically speaking.  (Right?)
>