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How do we pronounce the title?

posted 19 years ago by F6Pilot
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I usually say "Sixty-One Astrisk", but my cousins usually just say "Sixty-One".

How about everyone else?

[–] DangerWedge 19 years ago

It's just Sixty One.

The asterisk is implied if you know the story. There's another example out there, but I can't think of it right now.

[–] jbowmore 18 years ago

How do you say M*A*S*H ?

[–] CPAScott 17 years ago

Good point.

[–] Cuneo 16 years ago

I remember Alan Alda, in a season premiere promo, referred to M*A*S*H as "M star A star S star H from the the all star hit movie."

[–] 16 years ago

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[–] grumpybear_22 16 years ago

I usually say "61, the baseball movie"
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[–] Huskie_Jon 15 years ago

According to Victor Borge, you pronounce the asterisk with a "Blpppt!" sound, so the movie should be called "Sixty One Blpppt".

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[–] ant_sushi 10 years ago

This is an old post but I thought it was funny that I've always assumed everyone pronounced it like I did: "Sixty-one with an asterisk". It was a line in the movie, when the reporters were debating it around a table.

[–] emncaity 10 years ago

There's no asterisk and never was. Nor should there have been. Maris is still the real record holder for any player who played by both the letter and spirit of the rules.