Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1902 — The President’s Name. [ARTICLE]

The President’s Name.

The name of the president is “Rosyvelt,” not “Roosefelt.” The indiscriminate pronunciation of the president’s name by the hundreds of callers who throng the White House these days has resulted in an official and Authorized statement o£ the correct way in which the name of the chief executive should be pronounced. This statement announces: “The accent is on the first of three syllables, and this first syllable is pronounced with the long sound of the letter ‘o,’ as in the word ‘rose/ and not as in the word ‘goose.’ The first letter ‘e’ is also sounded, and the entire name is spoken as though it were written: ‘Rosyvelt.’ ” Tne statement concludes that all other ways of pronouncing the president’s name, of which there is a great variety, are incorrect.