Pronunciation of Pynchon's surname

[Lawrence Bryan]

I always though of it pronounced as in, "Why are you pinchin' me?"

Lawrence

On Mar 20, 2009, at 6:16 PM, John Bailey wrote:

> I've always been under the impression that it's accented on the second
> syllable. Pretty sure that's how it's pronounced in the Journey into
> the Mind of P doco too.
>
> I've never said it that way though, or heard anyone do so in real
> life. Sorry Mr Pynchon.
>
> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Rob Jackson <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
>> www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pynchon
>>
>> But this is incorrect, isn't it? On his Simpsons appearances his  
>> cartoon
>> avatar is actually addressed as Thomas Pynch-ON, no?
>>
>> all best
>>
>