[Publib] Libb v Libe was This Week in Best of PubLib

[Robert L. Balliot]

Greetings Judy,

Not my voice - voice to text with lots of phonetic manipulation. I am not
sure how to give it a slight southern accent.

Libb or Libe ?  I am using 'Libe'  right now.  The abbreviation and joining
of Public Libraries or Public Librarians seems to be the basis of PubLib.
However, I know that the words 'library' and 'librarian' have different
pronunciations in different locals.

In Rhode Island,  many pronounce library as  'lie-beh-wee' 
Or, if they recognize that it has two Rs they say  'lie-bweh-wee'
So, librarians become  'lie-beh-ee-anns' or  'lie-bweh-wee-anns'

However, all of the permutations of pronunciation do seem to begin with a
'lie'. I have never known a library without one.

If, in fact, the Lib in PubLib stands for Liberty, Liberation, or Liberal -
I think there is cause for Libb.  If it stands for Libations, then we are
back to Libe again.

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Robert L. Balliot
Skype: RBalliot
Bristol, Rhode Island
http://bestofpublib.wordpress.com
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm
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-----Original Message-----
From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Judith Turner
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:18 PM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Publib] This Week in Best of PubLib

Maybe we should take a vote because I've always pronounce it Pub-libb, too,
and refer to members of the group, pub-libbers.

OTOH, I'm happy to note thatI've been saying Robert's last name correctly.

And, Robert, the avatar is adorable. Is that your voice on the video?

Judy Turner
Whitefish Bay, WI Blogging at:
http://alms-jact.blogspot.com/http://judyct.wordpress.com/

"Donna Noble has left the library. Donna Noble has been saved." ----
"Silence in the Library"  (Doctor Who, Season 4, Ep. 8)  



--- On Thu, 11/19/09, Nann Blaine Hilyard <nbhilyard at zblibrary.org> wrote:

> Cool indeed.
> And now we know how to pronounce Robert's last name
> correctly.
> 
> Nann
> ....who has always said "publibb" to others "publibe"


      


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