Charatan is often miss-pronounced and I was wondering the correct way to pronounce it. Is it
Char-a-tan as in charcoal
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Chair-a-tan and in a chair
Char-a-tan as in charcoal
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Chair-a-tan and in a chair
How Do You Properly Pronounce Charatan?
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I don’t want to speak for Ken Barnes, but I believe I heard an interview with him where he pronounced it Chair-a-tan. I think the main think is to get the hard ‘ch’ sound, as opposed to Share-a-tan
I have trouble not reading it as charlatan.
Like char, char-broiled. There’s a podcast from a few years ago where Ken Barnes discusses Charatan, and that’s the pronunciation he uses. While the interviewer keeps saying Sheraton... ?
Popular lore has it that Reuben would have cold cocked somebody for calling him Mr. Sheraton.
Popular lore has it that Reuben would have cold cocked somebody for calling him Mr. Sheraton.
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Charatan, Upshall and Ken Barnes
Rick Newcombe How could so many of us get it so wrong for so many years? I’m talking about how to pronounce the name Charatan. We all turn the "ch" into "sh" so it sounds like Sheraton Pipes, just like the hotel chain. But that is not correct. It is Charatan with the "ch" pronounced […]
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craig61a thanks
I have been pronouncing it Char-a-tan like charcoal or charbroil
McClellands Christmas Sheer... sounds like something my wife would like
I have been pronouncing it Char-a-tan like charcoal or charbroil
McClellands Christmas Sheer... sounds like something my wife would like
I'd imagine its a lot like aunt...is it 'awnt' or 'ant'. Not sure it really matters...more depends on where you're from.
The Brits pronounce it chair-a-tan (which would be the correct way since it is a British name) and the Americans pronounce it sher-a-tan.
Well, glad we have that figured out. Now, is it color or colour?
It more like char-it-tan. British pronunciation differs slightly because they have dialects which are completely different than American dialects. And it’s not a British name. Frederick Charatan was a Russian Jewish immigrant.
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