“Clearly the dominant argument today is “Ann”.”
I’m not sure what your basis is for that statement. In her interview with Phil Donahue, Rand says it’s pronounced “eyen” (or “ine”). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzGFytGBDN8
Who are you going to believe: the author herself, or your degree in English Lit?
MY BAD! I meant to type “Eyen” today, not “Ann”! I got distracted.
I knew nothing of the Donahue interview, and clearly that’s proof of how it is pronounced.
My degree was a joke/jibe, and actually irrelevant. I was trying to get that across. Sorry I did a poor job of that too. What I was trying to say is that I have no idea which is correct.
What I do know is that conservatives were reading it in the sixties, and all said then it was “Ann.” Clearly, they were wrong.