How to pronounce Taliaferro?

[Gerstein, David DK - ECN]

	Hey!

>[talking about a guy name Tolliver...]
>'Hey! It says here: "See also Taliaferro."'
>'That's the original spelling, but it's pronounced "Tolliver" just the
same'
>'Are you sure?'
>'Quite sure. At least south of the Mason and Dixon Line back dirtside [FS:
>they're in space]. Spelling it "Tolliver" suggets poh white trash who can't
>spell.

	Hmm... Al Taliaferro is said to have based Bolivar on his own dog.
Was his own dog also *named* Bolivar? If so, this would make the
pronounciation of the dog's full name into something like "Bolivar Tolliver"
- which sounds too good to miss.
	So maybe the name I've pronounced "Tally-a-ferro" for all these
years *should* really be "Tolliver".
	BUT
	I'm not making any promises, because Donald's dog Bolivar isn't
exactly Taliaferro's own invention from the start. He really first appeared
in two 1936 film cartoons, ALPINE CLIMBERS and MORE KITTENS. And in the
second of those films, his name was given in the publicity material as...
	...Toliver. Spelled just like that.

	Maybe names like Bolivar, Tolliver, Toliver, etc. were once somehow
the standard thing to call a St. Bernard dog - like bulldogs are Butch and
Spike, cows are Bossy, and parrots are Poll or Polly...
	What this has to do with Al Taliaferro I don't know. :-P

	David Gerstein
	<dge at ecn.egmont.com>