Re: [math-fun] An a-Rouse-ing question

As in house (noun), not as in house (verb). R. On Thu, 22 Oct 2009, Thane Plambeck wrote:

Anyone know the answer to this?

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Hi Thane,

I read books onto cd for the blind at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, and I am looking for a site that will give me the correct pronunciation of (Walter William) Rouse Ball. Given your comprehensive site, I wonder if you might know whether the pronunciation is ROUSS (a kind of hissing s) or ROWSE where s sounds like z...? I have found both options, and am left clueless.

Thank you for any help you might give me. The book I am working on is Alan Turing:The Enigma. I know little on the subject, but he is a fascinating, heartbreaking man.

Regards, Jennifer