Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1901 — Pronunciation of Roosevelt. [ARTICLE]

Pronunciation of Roosevelt.

The proper pronunciation of the president’s family name Is not, as though it were Rusevelt, bat Rose-ze-velt. The family is sensitive about such matters. The Rosevelt family is of Dutch origin, arid therefore desirous that the family name should be properly enunciated.