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== Pronunciation redux == |
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Some time ago (look in the archives) there was an improbable-sounding claim that the pronunciation was /ˈbʌk.ənən/. Comes now an anon with a slightly less implausible claim that the contemporary pronunciation was /ˌbjuːˈkeɪ.nən/. No one, to my knowledge, has ever provided a verifiable source for either of these.<br>On the other hand, I don't really know that they're ''wrong''. I really think the simplest way out of the mess is just not to have a pronunciation key, as it isn't really needed. This is a perfectly ordinary name, and competent English speakers will know how to pronounce it. Admittedly English learners could have issues, but Wikipedia isn't a dictionary.<br>If we really have to have a pronunciation key, then either we go with the one everyone knows, /ˌbjuːˈkæn.ən/ and the anons go away, or someone needs to show sources. Even if there are sources for one of these odd alleged contemporary pronunciations, they should not be represented as ''the'' pronunciation, because practically no one uses them today. --[[User:Trovatore|Trovatore]] ([[User talk:Trovatore|talk]]) 15:50, 19 February 2021 (UTC) |
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: I think we should specify the pronunciation. It may seem like a competent English speaker shouldn't need it, but through tough and thorough thought I've learned that English pronunciation is rather unpredictable. Someone who has only read the name "Buchanan" can't really tell whether it's pronounced "byoo-KA-nin", "byoo-KAY-nen", "BYOO-ke-nin", "butch-AY-nen", "BUTCH-a-nin", "BUCK-a-nin", etc. We provide the pronunciation whenever it's potentially ambiguous, e.g. for [[Theodore Roosevelt]], [[Calvin Coolidge]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Barack Obama]] etc. I looked for sources about the pronunciation of James Buchanan's name and found no indication that it ever was anything but /ˌbjuːˈkæn.ən/. Here are some videos of historians, journalists etc. saying his name: [https://www.britannica.com/video/172710/overview-James-Buchanan Britannica], [https://www.pennlive.com/life/2018/06/james_buchanan_worst_president.html a journalist and a historian], [https://www.c-span.org/video/?125114-1/political-climate-president-james-buchanan-administration another historian on C-SPAN], [https://www.c-span.org/video/?429295-2/president-james-buchanan-southern-secession two more historians on C-SPAN]. I haven't watched the full videos, but I've found zero evidence that the pronunciation has ever been different. I guess these anons are trying to prank Wikipedia. Let's include the well-known and undisputed pronunciation in the first sentence. Maybe we'll have to revert these anons a few more times, but eventually they'll give up. — [[User:Chrisahn|Chrisahn]] ([[User talk:Chrisahn|talk]]) 18:11, 19 February 2021 (UTC) |
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::You make a good case. --[[User:Trovatore|Trovatore]] ([[User talk:Trovatore|talk]]) 22:12, 19 February 2021 (UTC) |
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::: Thanks! I just had a look at the previous talk page entries [[Talk:James Buchanan/Archive 3#Pronunciation|here (2016)]] and [[Talk:James Buchanan/Archive 2#pronunciation|here (2009)]]. The only argument for any other pronunciation was "I once read...", so I went ahead and added the pronunciaton {{IPAc-en|ˌ|b|j|uː|ˈ|k|æ|n|.|ə|n}} that you mentioned above. (I don't really know IPA, but it looks correct to me.) Maybe we should also add something like {{respell|byoo|KAN|ən}} for those who don't know IPA? Similar to [[Theodore Roosevelt]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], [[Ronald Reagan]]? Not sure. — [[User:Chrisahn|Chrisahn]] ([[User talk:Chrisahn|talk]]) 23:28, 19 February 2021 (UTC) |
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== Election of 1860 == |
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== Inaccurate info == |
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The article says not a word about why Buchanan did not run in 1860. Please add this, I don't know much about him but I had hoped to find this. [[User:Deisenbe|deisenbe]] ([[User talk:Deisenbe|talk]]) 17:38, 4 April 2021 (UTC) |
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At the top it says "As President, Buchanan intervened to assure the Supreme Court's majority ruling in the pro-slavery decision in the Dred Scott case." |
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Done. [[User:Hoppyh|Hoppyh]] ([[User talk:Hoppyh|talk]]) 01:46, 2 June 2021 (UTC) |
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The Dred Scott decision was decided only two days after James Buchanan was inaugurated as President. James Buchanan never made any public comments about the case prior to the decision. [[User:Revan5616|Revan5616]] ([[User talk:Revan5616|talk]]) 10:25, 12 September 2023 (UTC) |
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== Civil War came close in late June 1863 == |
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Buchanan lived in Wheatland, on west outskirts of Lancaster, and some Confederates reached Wrightsville but were kept out of Columbia and Lancaster County because a bridge was torched. Those Confederates headed west to join other Confederates at Gettysburg. [[User:Carlm0404|Carlm0404]] ([[User talk:Carlm0404|talk]]) 03:06, 19 June 2021 (UTC) |
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James Buchanan's military service
[edit]Buchanan was the first of only two presidents in American history with military experience who were not officers. The other was Harry S. Truman.[1]
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- ^ McCuollough, David "Truman," Simon and Schuster. 1992.)~~~~~~~~Thomas E. Stephens
Inaccurate info
[edit]At the top it says "As President, Buchanan intervened to assure the Supreme Court's majority ruling in the pro-slavery decision in the Dred Scott case."
The Dred Scott decision was decided only two days after James Buchanan was inaugurated as President. James Buchanan never made any public comments about the case prior to the decision. Revan5616 (talk) 10:25, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
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