Solomon Eagle Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 What is the proper pronunciation of "Rand"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tortured one Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 I'm pretty sure it's pronunciation is closer to the name "ron", as opposed to the word "ran" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Eagle Posted December 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 I'm pretty sure it's pronunciation is closer to the name "ron", as opposed to the word "ran" I've heard it pronounced rind as in grinned. Are you saying the d is silent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Rexton Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 When I heard Peikoff pronounce the name in his radio show, it sounded just like the word "ran" (past tense of "run") with a "d" at the end. Go to aynrand.org or peikoff.com for some sound clips from the radio show (I'm not sure if it's still there, though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Bucko Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 It's pronounced Rand, of course (rhymes with "and"). That's the way it was pronounced countless times in Miss Rand's presence, at lectures in New York City; on the "Ayn Rand on Campus" radio programs in the 1960s; and at the Ford Hall Forum. I've never once heard of her complaining about or correcting that pronunciation. And Ayn rhymes with "mine" or "pine." To create "Ayn," Miss Rand adapted the first name of a woman Finnish writer, Aino or Aina (I forget which). [That account, reported in a magazine in the early 1960s, was confirmed by Michael Berliner.] Aino was also the first name of the wife of Jan Sibelius, one of the world's most famous composers as the young Alissa Rosenbaum was growing up. In 1904 he named his villa Ainola. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Eagle Posted December 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 It's pronounced Rand, of course (rhymes with "and"). And Ayn rhymes with "mine" or "pine." Thanks Bill, I didn't even wonder about her first name, but assumed it was another spelling for Ann. So double thanks. Solomon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alon Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 The same way as you would pronounce South Africa's currency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshJaffe Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 The same way as you would pronounce South Africa's currency. ... or the name of the corporation that manufactured her typewriter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
source Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 What is the proper pronunciation of "Rand"? It's pronounced the same way as the beginning of the word "random." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alon Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 If all the individuals in a certain geocraphical area adopted Objectivism, would that area be known as "Random"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 Ayn Rand herself pronounced it as "Ine Rand, and with an R" Piekoff is correct! I met her in the 60s and she pronounced it as Piekoff has indicated. There are many video tapes of her speaking her name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 ... or the name of the corporation that manufactured her typewriter.This is an ancient thread, but the story that Rand got the idea for her last name from the name of a typewriter is a common one. Rand fans who're interested in such sundry tit-bits might be interested in this web-site, where the author tries to prove the typewriter could not have been the source of the name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Rand... That's SA currency isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatlander Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 If all the individuals in a certain geocraphical area adopted Objectivism, would that area be known as "Random"? LOL. Cheeky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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