At the reception for Jim Piereson last night, one Wm. F. Buckley Jr. and yours truly fell to talking about piano music, and then, by a natural progression, to trying to figure out how to pronounce the name of the splendid young Norwegian pianist, Leif Ove Andsnes.

Leif is probably “Leaf,” right? But what about Ove? A single syllable, with a long “o,” as in “hove?” Two syllables, as in “O-vuh?” As for Andsnes, WFB and I attempted several versions, but each sounded like a sneeze. To the reader who can spell the musician’s name phonetically, my thanks.

Ta for now, K-Lo. I’m at JFK, in a JetBlue “hotspot,” but my flight back to California just got called.