You say Bovine...

[David Morris]

Oh, I misunderstod the question because of the topic title.

Bodine I've always heard as Bo-deen.  "Bo-dine" sounds affected.

Bovine I've always heard as Bo-vine

On 12/15/06, Jasper Fidget <jasper at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> I've heard it both ways: Bo-dine and Bo-deen.  So probably regional.
>
> Prokopis Prokopidis wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just some quick questions on the omnipresent character:
> >
> > Do you native speakers pronounce the surname's "ine" as in "wine"?
> >
> > Any chance that it is pronounced differently in some states or regions?
> >
> > Thanks for the help,
> >
> > P.
>
>