Wash ,'Serenity'
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I went to school with a girl named Bobette. Guess what her dad's name was. I dare ya.
I've whinged at length about my historic experience of bonny, but I have to say, I'm enjoying it now.
It's funny how many of my peeps can't get past beej. S'okay with me, in a major way. It's a nice feeling, in either direction. Hey, somebody wants to address me? Don't really care what they call me!
I get that question all the time. The Bohemian ( and illogical!) pronunciation in the book is Ann-toe-NEE-ya. My name is pronounced Ann-TOE-nee-ya, which is the one true pronunciation!
Thanks for all the positive reinforcement guys, but I'm not used to it and it feels weird!
Why do I think the book is My Ann-toe-NEE-ya, when I think the name IRL is Ann-TOE-nee-ya?
Because you're right.
I went to school with a girl named Bobette. Guess what her dad's name was. I dare ya.
Fett?
Because that's how it's pronounced in the book.
Ha HA!
Is it spelled phonetically at some point?
I'm not sure. I think the teacher made a point of explaining the proper pronounciation for a Czech (Bohemian?) girl of that time. Also I guess it's spelled with an accent: My Ántonia.
Book-Antonia is with an accent on the "i".
edit: or maybe I'm misremembering where the accent is. But there is one, I swears it!
I went to school with a girl named Bobette. Guess what her dad's name was. I dare ya.
My eldest aunt is Paulette. Same reason. (Grandpa named Bob.) (No, I kid. His name was Paul, although we called him Boomer.)
edit: or maybe I'm misremembering where the accent is. But there is one, I swears it!
I'm cutting and pasting from Wikipedia so I hope somebody's vetted the accent.
Vet the accents, dammit!
Paulette is one of the few "ette" names I like. Probably because I think of Paulette Goddard.