Re: Sonny's existential crisis!
Sundeep Dougal (holden@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in)
Fri, 25 Jul 1997 19:09:43 +0500 (GMT+0500)
ooh, boy! Am I ever going to get outta it?
must be some dormant masochist instinct in me I am sure.
yeah, come flog this dead dog some more.
thanks for exacerbating my existential crisis!
Never laughed so much as on this Sooony bit!
The trouble as I tried explaining (well, I shouldn't!) was that in my
addled state I was not thinking rhyme to mean extending from first to last
accentuated vowels...(like I'd figure, to confound the confusion, some
more that seat/deceit were rhymes too..
heck, I think I'd keep an extended character table for my keyboard handy,
next time I wish to get into this pronunciation bit...
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Sundeep Dougal (Sonny*, to friends) Holden Caulfield, New Delhi, INDIA
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not Soon-y (or even -ee)
but maybe:
Son-ee
Sun-ee
Son-y
(please send mail to assorted bananafish for exact proninciation--I am not
sure anymore)
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On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Brian Fenton wrote:
> Sonny wrote:
> >My Zooey has a Z and an oo-sound.
> >Still rhymes with the way I'd pronounce Joey.
> >Feeling very phonetically challenged suddenly,
> >sonny
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> Sonny, I've just had a terrible thought. If what you're saying above is
> true then surely you pronounce "Sonny" as "Soony"?!?! You've had it wroong
> all your life!
> Doon't woorry - we're all here foor you if you need us. We'll get
> you through this soomehow!
> --
> Brian
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> "though we were in zero gravity, it pulled us closer..." Flaming Lips
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