Pronunciation of Pynchon's surname

[Paul Mackin]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carvill John" <johncarvill at hotmail.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of Pynchon's surname


>
> FWIW, before I'd ever heard anyone say Pynchon's name, or seen its 
> pronunciation discussed, I always used to pronounce it with the empathis 
> on the first sylable:
>
> PYN -chon
>
> A-and, I had that first sylable rhyming with 'wine', rathe than 'pin'.
>
> I know I was wrong, I'm just sayin, 'sall. Took me years to get out of 
> that habit.

One doesn't get much chance to pronounce it.  Most people I know don't read 
him.

Even the literate ones.

Think they said PIN-chin in the film.








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