Zooey v/s Joey
Sundeep Dougal (holden@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in)
Fri, 25 Jul 1997 02:07:24 +0500 (GMT+0500)
This pronunciation thing is driving me nuts. Having all my life known
Zoo-ey (which is how everyone I have met here's pronounced it, by the
way), I am a bit disturbed at the fact that maybe the man is called (well,
in a manner of manner of speaking) something else.
I wonder. Rhymes with Joey some of you seem to be saying.
But then, the way we pronounce Zoo-ey here also rhymes with Joey.
Are we arguing over the Z-sound v/s J-sound or over o-sound (pot) v/s
oo-sound (put)?
My Zooey has a Z and an oo-sound.
Still rhymes with the way I'd pronounce Joey.
Feeling very phonetically challenged suddenly,
sonny
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Sundeep Dougal (Sonny, to friends) Holden Caulfield, New Delhi, INDIA