Can you say Pulitzer? by Bootsie Lucas

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Can you say Pulitzer?

by Bootsie Lucas | 3, Add your Comment | Apr 27, 2009

10-diciembre-de-2008 The Pulitzer Prizes were awarded last week to a deserving bunch of talented people. And the least we can do in honoring them, by golly, is pronounce the name of their award correctly. Most reporters and editors call it the “pew-lit-sir.” But the awards were begun by Joseph Pulitzer, not Pepe Le Pew. It is pronounced “PULL-it-sir”. Really. Check out the Pulitzer Prize website.

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Bootsie Lucas

Bootsie Lucas is the pseudonym for an Atlanta writer who is a former editor and reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Macon Telegraph.

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Terri Evans

Yes, I can. I have long known to pull, not pew. No pew at the dew.
http://www.billyhoward.com Billy Howard

I think we should have a Dew-litzer Prize. Of course, we could have a Dull-itzer prize for the snooziest story on the dew. The only people that really need to pronounce it are them that win it, so I guess I’ll just keep pronouncing it the other way.

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