To the editor:
In response to your article about the connection of Marblehead and the TV show “Jeopardy,” I remember hearing Alex Trebek, a Canadian, pronounce Elbridge Gerry and “gerrymander” correctly, with a hard G, like “Gary.”
So I was disappointed that Ken Burns’ narrator pronounced Elbridge Gerry and “gerrymandering” with a soft G, like “Jerry,” in his film about the American Revolution. It was an opportunity to correct this once and for all when Gerry’s name was mentioned.
For many years, Marbleheaders have tried to correct this mistake, and it was a shame that Ken Burns’ film pronounced “Gerry” wrong again. An opportunity missed. A small point to be sure, but a disappointment.
Elise Brink
Glover Square
