Visitors ask...How do you pronounce "Maryland". How do you pronounce "Jubilate"?
Well, you never know what people will want to know!
Someone asked "how to pronounce Maryland?" Frankly, it depends! I have lived here a long time and have heard about 40 different pronunciations!
Here is the official one from the Merriam Webster Online Dictionary. The woman does a sterling job with "ˈmer-ə-lənd". However, I've heard "Merlin" (as in the magician from King Arthur's Court), "Marilyn" (with the "d" dropped as in the name, Marilyn Monroe), and "Myrrhland" (as in Gold, Frankincense and .... )! It depends upon where in the state you were born, I guess! And, it is a small state! The most common is probably "merrill-end" (as in the name of the stock brokerage company with no seeming linkage between the "l" and the "and"). That's my 2 cents anyway.
The Latin word "Jubilate" is linked here. It is from the Vulgate and is used in the Introit of the Third Sunday after Easter. I would use this pronunciation: "yoo-buh-LAH-tey." However, that gets into differences in Liturgical and Classical Latin. It is also used in the new song book of that name and refers to "shout to God with joy."
Someone asked "how to pronounce Maryland?" Frankly, it depends! I have lived here a long time and have heard about 40 different pronunciations!
Here is the official one from the Merriam Webster Online Dictionary. The woman does a sterling job with "ˈmer-ə-lənd". However, I've heard "Merlin" (as in the magician from King Arthur's Court), "Marilyn" (with the "d" dropped as in the name, Marilyn Monroe), and "Myrrhland" (as in Gold, Frankincense and .... )! It depends upon where in the state you were born, I guess! And, it is a small state! The most common is probably "merrill-end" (as in the name of the stock brokerage company with no seeming linkage between the "l" and the "and"). That's my 2 cents anyway.
The Latin word "Jubilate" is linked here. It is from the Vulgate and is used in the Introit of the Third Sunday after Easter. I would use this pronunciation: "yoo-buh-LAH-tey." However, that gets into differences in Liturgical and Classical Latin. It is also used in the new song book of that name and refers to "shout to God with joy."
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