Unbiased  +  322602 Wed, 31 Jan 07 10:02 PM I am sure many of us know popular Americah writer Hubert Shelby, Jr. Even those who have not ever read his books such as 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' and 'The Requiem for a Dream' might have heard this name. The last one was adopted into a highly successful movie directed by Daren Aranofsky. The question is how should I correctly pronounce his last name: [Shel-bee] vesus [Sel-bee]. What is the first sound? Unbiased Joined on Wed, Jan 31 2007 Russia New Member 02 I am pretty sory for my terrible English Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate it to their own language and forthwith it is something...

	Philip  +  322611 Wed, 31 Jan 07 10:22 PM  Unbiased wrote: I am sure many of us know popular Americah writer Hubert Shelby, Jr. Even those who have not ever read his books such as 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' and 'The Requiem for a Dream' might have heard this name. The last one was adopted into a highly successful movie directed by Daren Aranofsky. The question is how should I correctly pronounce his last name: [Shel-bee] vesus [Sel-bee]. What is the first sound? I've always heard it pronounced exactly as it is spelled....SH Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen