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beekaytee - Jan 07, 2009 9:51:36 am PST #9865 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant

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!

quester - Jan 07, 2009 9:52:03 am PST #9866 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

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!

Dana - Jan 07, 2009 9:52:52 am PST #9867 of 10002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

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.

tommyrot - Jan 07, 2009 9:53:02 am PST #9868 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I went to school with a girl named Bobette. Guess what her dad's name was. I dare ya.

Fett?

Jesse - Jan 07, 2009 9:53:15 am PST #9869 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Because that's how it's pronounced in the book.

Ha HA!

DavidS - Jan 07, 2009 9:54:14 am PST #9870 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

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.

amych - Jan 07, 2009 9:55:06 am PST #9871 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

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!

Steph L. - Jan 07, 2009 9:57:09 am PST #9872 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

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.)

DavidS - Jan 07, 2009 9:57:18 am PST #9873 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

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!

javachik - Jan 07, 2009 9:58:24 am PST #9874 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.

Paulette is one of the few "ette" names I like. Probably because I think of Paulette Goddard.

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