how do you pronounce it?!

toffee · 11-26-2005, 12:51 AM

i've always said, swARTHmore but then i've heard it sort of slurred like SWATHmore with no real "r" sound. i'm having my interview soon, so it'd be nice to know. i don't really think it's a big deal, but it's always nice to pronounce it right...or maybe i'll just wait for the interviewer to say it first.

arador · 11-26-2005, 01:21 AM

It is pronounced both ways.

interesteddad · 11-26-2005, 02:17 AM

Forget the pronunciation. They didn't even spell it right!

Here is what Swarthmoor is named after: the country home of Thomas and Margaret Fell, built in the late 1500s. It is considered to be the birthplace of the Quaker movement in the 1650s.

http://www.swarthmoorhall.co.uk/

User_name · 11-27-2005, 11:07 PM

actually they spelled it correctly: S-W-A-R-T-H-M-O-R-E

toffee: i've been using the first pronunication-whether it is correct or not i am not sure

cjsb0160 · 11-27-2005, 11:57 PM

i don't think you understand his comment, User_name.

p.s. your originality astounds me

toffee · 11-28-2005, 02:07 AM

haha, user_name is funny. anyways, thanks all.

User_name · 11-28-2005, 04:47 PM

oh! errrmmmmmmmm yeah just kidding.... well at least this is an internet forum, it could be worse

toffee · 11-28-2005, 06:53 PM

yeah, you can't see us laughing.

atSwat · 12-01-2005, 08:15 PM

I have some friends who have lived in Swarthmore all their lives...according to them you pronounce the R.