IN all the furore over Robert Baden-Powell, I have not yet heard one person pronounce his name correctly.
The man himself said: “Say Baden to rhyme with Aden and Powell to rhyme with Noel.”
JULIAN BALE
Skinner Street, Poole
IN all the furore over Robert Baden-Powell, I have not yet heard one person pronounce his name correctly.
The man himself said: “Say Baden to rhyme with Aden and Powell to rhyme with Noel.”
JULIAN BALE
Skinner Street, Poole
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