Pronunciation


A rather funny poem appeared in Chess Review in 1949 entitled "Pronunciation." Some excerpts:
Oh! she is the Tarrasch
Of this parish.
Tartakover
Is her lover,
and Ragozin
is her cousin.

Will she, will she
Always Flohr me?
Will she never Phil-adore me?
Will she never 
Care a damn bit
For my Center 
Counter Gambit?

I will have to pull my neck in
For she dotes upon Alekhin.
I will have to pull my oar in 
For she dotes upon Tchigorin!

Yes --
An' what of
Kotov?
The full text may be found in "The Treasury of Chess Lore" by Fred Reinfeld.

P.S. In the regional magazine Northwest Chess, published in Seattle, Washington, there once appeared a chess-related story which began:

"Did you hear what happened to Bob?  He was taking a Panov the stove
and he Byrned himself!"  

"No kidding!  That must have Hort like Hecht!"



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