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phonetics
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Wed, 28 Jul 1999 22:46:21 GMT
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In lugnet.general, "Robert Munafo" <munafo@gcctech.com> writes:
> > [...] I once worked with a guy named John Muchow. [...]
> > His last name is pronounced MUHK-ow, but when he first started on the
> > job [...] we all assumed it was MOO-kow. That quickly somehow mutated
> > into "Mookie" and stuck for years. [...]
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> It's not at all clear whether you intend your syllable "MUHK" to rhyme with
> "book" or with "fluke" (you didn't mean "muck" because then you would have just
> typed "MUCK"). Rhyme with "fluke" seemed most likely, until I got to "MOO-kow"
> and got confused. Perhaps you're trying to point out the placement of the "k".
> No, that can't be -- you'd have to introduce an artificial glottal stop to
> force the "k" into being part of the first syllable! Hmmm...
Hmm. Y'know, you're right! -- I should've simply written MUCK. By MUHK, I
was trying to get the "uh" sound. I'm no phoneticist! :)
Anyway, so his last named is actually pronounced MUCK-ow, but we incorrectly
pronounced it MOO-kow (or MUKE-ow), which quickly led to Mookie.
--Todd
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