DUNSANY rhymes with Rainy

So, thanks to Doug Anderson for his extremely useful post on his blog, giving the pronunciation of the names of several authors of fantasy or the supernatural:

James Branch Cabell (rhymes with rabble)

Lord Dunsany (rhymes with fun + say + ny)

Arthur Machen (rhymes with blacken)

John Cowper Powys (rhymes with Lois). also applies to his brother, Llewellyn Powys

J. R. R. Tolkien (rhymes with tol + keen)

http://ashiverinthearchives.blogspot.com/2023/07/how-to-correctly-pronounce-names-like.html 

It's good to have this confirmation of the right way to say 'Dunsany' to add alongside the two we had giving the pronunciation as rhyming with both RAINY and (less kindly) INSANY (from his eccentricities).  Certainly not Dun-sin-nay, as most Americans say it.

I'm sorry to say this source confirms that I've been saying Tolkien's name wrong all these years --something I've been aware of for some time but have not been able to break myself from (I say TOLL-kin).

--John R.