This morning cuddlymogwai went to consult its Indian friend:
cuddly: "Trinanjan, how do you pronounce 'Rabindranath Tagore'?"
Trinanjan: "It's Ro-BIN-dro-nath THA-kur. Why do you want to know?"
cuddly: "Someone is singing a song tonight with lyrics by Tagore, and I have to introduce the song."
Trinanjan: "What is the name of the song?"
cuddly: "Do not go, my love."
Zoltan and Trinanjan: "HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
cuddly doesn't know what was funny about that but it is glad that people found it entertaining. By the way, Trinanjan is pronounced as "Tree-nahn-john"---some A's are read as "ah" and others are pronounced "oh/o[r]". There is something similar in Hungarian: accented A's are "ah" and non-accented ones are "oh/o[r]".
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