MDMD Question about Pliny

[Peter Fellows-McCully]

>From my days learning Roman history, it's always
pronounced as if it had two 'n's: plinny.

pfm

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> Behalf Of CyrusGeo at netscape.net
> Sent: 14 September 2001 15:46
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: MDMD Question about Pliny
> 
> 
> Upon first encountering the name Pliny in M&D, my first 
> impulse was to pronounce it like tiny. But my Longman's 
> Pronunciation Dictionary says it is pronounced like jinnee. 
> Ideas, anyone?
> 
> Cyrus
> 
> 
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