WI-011
From Mark Twain in the German Language Press
[Orthography and MT’s pen name] | 28 Sep 1906
Nord stern. La Crosse [WI], 28 Sep 1906. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Lib. of Congress, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86086186/1906-09-28/ed-1/seq-5/.
| Transcription | English Translation |
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| Der Nestor der amerikanischen Humoristen tritt eifrig für die neue Rechtschreibung ein. Dann sollte er seinen Namen Samuel Langhorne Clemens aber auch nicht Mark Twain aussprechen. | The doyen of American humorists eagerly advocates for the spelling reform. To be consistent, he should not pronounce his name - Samuel Langhorne Clemens - as Mark Twain. |