Re: I ask this in all seriousness....

Mark Kuhar (mkuhar@mail.ohio.net)
Thu, 24 Jul 1997 13:20:06 -0500

I have to disagree with Sonny. I thought the consensus was Zooey as in
Joey. Hope this doesn't open up a can of worms again. But I've never
refered to the old boy as anything else in conversation. --m

>please, the proper pronouncement of "Zooey".  Does it rhyme with "Joey"
>or is it like:  someone who works in a zoo - that person smells
>"zoo-y"?
>
>I have alays said it as rhyming with Joey but I have heve never felt
>confident with this.  Why then, would there be two o's?
>
>There is Boo Boo with two o's (actually four :) ) and we would not THINK
>of calling her Bo Bo.  God forbid.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Laura
>laboyce@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu