Check out this little gem of an artefact. It’s a letter to W. E. B. Du Bois that he has annotated with handwritten instructions on how to pronounce his name. Thanks to our friends at the Du Bois Center in Great Barrington for showing us this! #dubois150 #dewboys #livinghistory pic.twitter.com/B20ZndnyKd— W.E.B. DuBois Center (@DuBoisUMass) November 12, 2018
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
In case you've been wondering, this is how Du Bois is pronounced
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor
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That's interesting. I grew up with a girl named Lanois and everyone pronounced it La Noise. It wasn't until the end of High School she told me it should be pronounced Len Waa.
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