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By: the mta weighs in

the mta weighs in — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:52:30 +0000

when you stop at hoyt-schermerhorn station, the conductors pronounce it Skermerhorn

By: Wrong Place

Wrong Place — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:46:12 +0000

for that question.

Columbia.

By: Alum

Alum — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:18:01 +0000

In my four years at Columbia (and in the many since then), I never heard anyone say “Shermerhorn”. As others have noted, the name is Dutch and is pronounced “Skermerhorn”. That is not an Americanization; it is the correct, original pronunciation.

Michael I. Pupin (for whom the physics/astronomy building is named) pronounced his name “Pyoo-PEEN”, so Prezbo and Blaer are correct. Even so, most people (including me) call the building “PYOO-pin” because that sounds so much more natural in English.

By: should I

should I — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:31:21 +0000

Go to Harvard or Columbia?

By: Bollinger

Bollinger — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:18:28 +0000

said Pew-peen for Pupin at a Fireside Chat and there was a noticeable cringe in the crowd.

By: brinkley

brinkley — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:05:48 +0000

also says pyoo-peen

By: Googler

Googler — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:54:48 +0000

skermerhorn:

http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/SCHERMERHORN/2000-02/0949690181

By: hey!

hey! — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:27:41 +0000

i totally know Schenectady. Sweet, that helps :)

By: whoa

whoa — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:02:17 +0000

Professor Keyes just today pronounced it poo-PEEN as well.

So if we pronounce it Skermerhorn, should we also pronounce it Skapiro?

By: pupin

pupin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:05:31 +0000

i had a professor call it poo-pin. and for some reason, i was the only person that laughed.

By: well

well — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:22:04 +0000

Schermerhorn comes from dutch ancestry, where “Sch” is “Sk”. For anyone from upstate NY, think “Schenectady”.

Fun Fact: Prof. Alan Blaer pronounces it “Pyoo-peen”.

By: ...

... — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:07:04 +0000

you’re implying that because the majority of people do something it is somehow correct. *shudder* where’s your elitism, man?

By: Sometimes

Sometimes — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:41:40 +0000

I purposely avoid referring to Schermerhorn by name so that I won’t have to risk mis-pronouncing it.

By: I said it before

I said it before — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:33:55 +0000

and I’ll say it again… Bwog should conduct a poll to see how most people pronounce “Schermerhorn”. Results of the poll will then be the new official pronunciation.

By: Tom Perry

Tom Perry — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:29:21 +0000

IS DEAD