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Leslie Bricusse [pronounced: /ˈbrɪkəs/ ] (29 January 1931 – 19 October 2021) was a British composer, lyricist, and playwright, remembered for movie and theater musicals.
Pure Imagination
Bricusse (BRIK-əs) – National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, ”Say How? A Pronunciation Guide to Names of Public Figures”.
Americans who read a name
Of someone born in Britain,
Will find, when they pronounce the same,
It isn't said as it’s written.
They sound it out as it is spelled,
(Phonetically primarily),
But English practice, (deeply held),
Pronounces arbitrarily.
Bricusse is a model case
Of such eccentric diction,
A name with accents out of place
By Brit linguistic fiction.
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