M&D p. 21 How do YOU pronounce 'Bodine'..?

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And there's the whole regional/individual pronunciation issue (as in the pronunciation of "pecan," not to be confused with the pronunciation of "pecan pie." For me: peeCAN (not peeCAHN) and PEEcan, respectively.

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>From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>

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>Cf. (e.g.) The ArgenTYNE vs. AgenTEENa.
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>On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:00 AM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'd take all the audiobooks mentioned as authoritative, the M&D as the
>> 18th c./British pronunciation, the AtD/GR as the 20th c./American, but
>> will admit I've always, in the wake of Th Beverly Hillbillies (+
>> subsequent bands like the local Bodeens or the British Bodines [how do
>> they pronounce it?]), pronounced it as boDEEN.  But thanks to
>> subsequent commentators for a French Connection I hate to admit I'd
>> never even bothered to research myself.  Thanks!
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Pig first appeared in "Low-Lands" in 1960, then featured in V. The rest is
>>> history, including Fender-Belly Bodine in M&D. .
>>>
>>> In the audiobook of M&D, Jonathan Reese reads it as "Bo-dyne." Might he have
>>> had pronunciation notes via Holt, Melanie Jackson, and an authoritative
>>> source? But then again, wouldn't P himself bow to the example of Jethro
>>> Bodine ("Bo-deen") on The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)?
>>>
>>> FWIW, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bodine/
>>>
>>> Hoping to inaugurate a historic schism among the faithful, I remain y'r
>>> obd't s'v't,
>>>
>>> Montay (as I hear increasingly often these Latino-inflected days)
>>>
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