Question about Yoyodyne

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Wed Dec 15 02:01:29 UTC 2021


I think dine makes sense because of how dynamo is pronounced


On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 8:58 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yo-yo (like the toy)
> Dine (as in wine & dine)
>
> Some might say “deemed”
> But probably only if they were British.
>
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 8:39 PM Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>
> wrote:
>
>> So, yeah, this is gonna sound weird…but:
>>
>> You all pronounce it Yoyodyne, right? Like a yoyo, and a dyne. Right?
>> Not…not Jojodyne, or Hohodyne, right?
>>
>> —Quail
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