From: kfl@KeithLynch.net   
      
   Evelyn C. Leeper  wrote:   
   > Keith F. Lynch wrote:   
   >> Also, "Georgian" probably isn't the right term anyway, or at least   
   >> we're not pronouncing it right, given that the first two Georges   
   >> were German, hence would have pronounced their names as "Gay-org."   
      
   > But the English people probably all pronounced it the way we do.   
      
   The right way to pronounce a name is how the person whose name it was   
   pronounced it.  George I always saw himself as primarily the Elector   
   of Hanover.  Being king of some island off the coast was just a minor   
   side gig.  But he was pleased to learn how gullible those islanders   
   were -- falling for his South Sea Company scheme.   
      
   As for George II, he's such a non-entity that he's best known for   
   rating a passing mention in the One Hoss Shay poem.   
      
   George III lost America then went mad.  (I get mad too when I lose   
   valuable things.)   
      
   George IV got fat, and disinvited his wife from his coronation.   
      
   George V got Britain into WWI.   
      
   George VI got Britain into WWII.   
      
   I notice there's another George in the line of succession, right after   
   William.  Will he get Britain into WWIII?   
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