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So apparently Pynchon's name is pronounced "Pinch-on"

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So apparently Pynchon's name is pronounced "Pinch-on" and not "Pin-chin"

what the fuck? how do you lads say it?
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It's Pinchin.
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o is pronounced like o instead of i?
Outrageous!
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>>7656766
go to 1:03

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPB6GXG7Wa8
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>>7656758
it is pronounced "Pin-chin." to put it in linguistic terms, the "o" makes an "i-ish" sound.
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>>7656780
see
>>7656779
the interviewer says "Pynch-on" at 4:20 as well
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Huh, I always pronounced it "Pink-un".
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>>7656805
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Albert Camus is " Albear Cahmy".
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It is Pinchun.
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I pronounce my name Pinch-on, and I am Thomas Pynchon so I think I would know.

Have a great day
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>>7656805

Can I use the excuse that I'm from a non English-speaking country where "ch" is pronounced "k"?
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>>7656847
Hi Tommy
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Pin-shon
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he pronounces it on The Simpsons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcYXWfGt7DY
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>>7656758
>tfw i pronounced it "Pink-on"
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Never understood why people thought it was pronounced "Pin chun"
It's Pin Chon
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>english pronunciation
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>>7656902
Pronounced "Robert Bull-anus"
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Pine-cone
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>Pinch-on
>Pin-chin
>Pin Chon
tfw it all sounds the same if you mumble it fast enough
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Even if you've read all of his books, if you pronounce it "Pin-chin," you're a pleb.
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>>7656873
he also says it here but he is doing his stoner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjWKPdDk0_U&ab_channel=PenguinBooksUSA

24.95!
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>English
>pronunciation
>just say whatever you feel like :^)
What a degenerate language
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>>7657139
Every language is degenerate :)
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I remember before I heard 'Foucault' pronounced aloud I thought it was 'Foe-callt' instead of 'Foo-coe'
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>>7656758
I say it pine-chon
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>>7656758

Why the fuck would anyone pronounce it Pin-chin? It's spelt Pynchon so you pronounce it Pin-chon.
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it's Ruggles
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>>7656817

Actually it's Albear Camoo.
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> word is spelt PYNCHON
> PINCH ON
> P I N CH ON
> PINCHON
> P Y N C H O N
> IN
> ON
> on

PYNCHON
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wasn't it pine cone
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>>7656758
its pronounced pinch-on but in a pinch you can say pinch-in
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stop this memeing fuck i want to kill all of you
pynchon deserves beter you fucks dont even read him
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>>7657459

>Spelt

m8 we're not making gluten free bread here
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pink. yawn.
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Wow. I always thought is was Pie-con.
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>>7657992
What the fuck mayne
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>>7657547
I read him

I don't make the threads tho
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Christ I have terrible reading comprehension. I thought his name was pronounced "Py-kon".
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>>7658041
I thought it was Py-chawn
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i thought it was Ptch-OOoooooooo....!
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>>7657149
>language is constantly degenerating
>one day we'll revert to speaking with grunts and noises again
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It's pinecone.
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>>7657438
More like Albear Camew.
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Pinchón, Tomás R.
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>>7657960
>Not knowing your tenses
Friendo, please.
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I'm reading Crying lot of 49 and i find not very interesting. is it supposed to be a mystery novel?

lmao i aint even memein either. plus the pacing is kinda weird
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Pink-hon.
Everybody pronounces it this way.
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>>7658902
Tragic-hero simulator
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>>7658364
no, it's Ahrlbare Calmu
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>>7656851
zach here

thanks man
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>>7658902
Crying of Lot 49 was great, even if the beginning took a while to get into. At least finish it before you whine about it here.
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Pine-cone
cuz he looks like one
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Pinecone.
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>>7656758

Pinch-eon. I'm not english and I don't care about the dumb fucker.
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I thought it was Pinch-un
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Pünch-hon
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