You say Bovine...

[Joe Allonby]

You're all missing the pop culture reference.

Max Bauer Jr.

The Beverly Hillbillies.

It's Jethro Bo-DEEN.


On 12/15/06, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> I pronounce it Boh-DEEN, possibly making a mental association with Kathy
> Boudin, whose membership in the Weather Underground hit the news (around
> 1970?) after Bodine's first appearance in V, but before I'd read V and GR,
> in any case.
>
> Laura
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Prokopis Prokopidis <prokopis at ilsp.gr>
> >Sent: Dec 15, 2006 3:20 PM
> >To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> >Subject: You say Bovine...
> >
> >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.
>
>
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