Pronunciation of Pynchon's surname

[Louis Goddard]

> That is, someone who has paid the $295 yearly rate?

. . . or someone with a university connection. 'Pynchon' redirects to
'Puncheon' ('a tool for punching'), but 'Pynchonesque' is in there,
seemingly pronounced pin-chun-esk.

L.

2009/3/21 Kevin Dunn <kevindunn27 at gmail.com>:
> I always gave it a french sounding spin... I wonder what the OED says...
> Anyone want to elucidate? That is, someone who has paid the $295 yearly
> rate?
>
> Kevin
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 20, 2009, at 9:56 PM, Lawrence Bryan <lebryan at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> 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
>>>>
>>>
>>
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