Whilst investigating the preferred pronunciation of Michael Chabon's name (SHAY-bon in case you were wondering), I stumbled on this website where authors pronounce their names:

http://www.teachingbooks.net/pronunciations.cgi#C

No sign of Ray Bradbury (is that BRADbree as we say in England, or Brad-Berry as I believe Mr B says it himself?), but you will learn how to pronounce Lemony Snicket!

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Originally posted by philnic:
No sign of Ray Bradbury (is that BRADbree as we say in England, or Brad-Berry as I believe Mr B says it himself?)

You know, I've always said Brad-burry, but Ray distinctly says Brad-berry!

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Originally posted by dandelion:

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Originally posted by philnic:
No sign of Ray Bradbury (is that BRADbree as we say in England, or Brad-Berry as I believe Mr B says it himself?)

You know, I've always said Brad-burry, but Ray distinctly says Brad-berry!

Unless Ray is talking about France, then he says Brad-burrr-eee with his version of a French accent. Since his his wife, Maggie, taught technical French at UCLA I'm assuming that was why his pronunciation is so good.

Bradu-burrr-eee, rhymes with "gay Purr-ee"!

Speaking of French: I've been reading about Francois Truffaut's encounters with Ray Bradbury. The first time they met was in New York c.April 1962, and it was a meeting in Don Congdon's office to discuss the possibility of filming Fahrenheit 451.

The question that popped into my head when reading about this meeting (in Truffaut's biography) is: who acted as interpreter? Francois spoke barely a word of English, you see.

It is entirely possible that Helen Scott translated (Truffaut's friend and colleague from the French film office in New York, who collaborated with him on his famous book of interviews with Alfred Hitchcock). But I didn't know that Mrs Bradbury was a French speaker - so I wonder if she might have been there.

I once stopped at a youth hostel in Pwll Deri, Wales.
Pronounce that!

Easy: Wales, rhymes with "sails".

Oh confound it all, and here I thought the proper way of saying Brad-berry was Brad-burry! I feel like such a fool, though not so much if you think about the complexities of the english language. Oh, Samuel I knew ye well.

I've always just pronounced it "Bradbury".

Spoken like a true Illinois-ian.

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Originally posted by Kukai_Aoki:
"Oh, death!"

- Ralph Stanley

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Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:

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Originally posted by Kukai_Aoki:
"Oh, death!"

- Ralph Stanley

Hmm? Let me research this Ralph Stanley and get back to you.

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Oh! That Ralph Stanley. I love "O, Brother Where Are Thou".

But alas, no. That is not where I got that statement. I thought you, of all people, would have recognized it!

It is from the very first chapter of Death Is A Lonely Business.

Greetings to fellow Bradbury fans and friends.

Haven't checked this board for quite a while.

Question in response to jkt above: Didn't Ray's late beloved Maggie teach Technical French at USC rather than UCLA?

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Originally posted by Walt:
Greetings to fellow Bradbury fans and friends.

Haven't checked this board for quite a while.

Question in response to jkt above: Didn't Ray's late beloved Maggie teach Technical French at USC rather than UCLA?

Walt, my bad. I had UCLA on my mind because I'm working with them on a special event.

Thanks John!

Confirms for me that my memory, despite some lapses, is not completely shot.

Good luck with the UCLA event.

Walt Gottesman