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Re: How do you pronounce 'MOTM'?

2005-06-15 by crmatt99

I always try to pronounce it emulating a vocoder with a touch of ring mod.



--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@s...> wrote:
> MOW-tim
> 
> Paul S>
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Brewster" <pugix@e...>
> To: "MOTM List" <motm@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 6:57 AM
> Subject: [motm] How do you pronounce 'MOTM'?
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> 
> > Is it
> > 
> > EM OH TEE EM
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> > or
> > 
> > MO' TEM
> > 
> > ??
> > 
> > I was talking with Paul Schreiber on the phone one time and he 
> > pronounced it the first way, each letter by itself.
> > 
> > And a related question.  When you have a name in your head, do you have 
> > in mind both a spelling and a sound?  A friend of mine had a dog he 
> > called "Dow".  At least that is how it was spelled in my head when I 
> > called the dog.  "Here, Dow. Good dog!"   Later I found out his name was 
> > "Tao".
> > 
> > So in this case we have an acronym for something, Modular Of The 
> > Mothers, etc., I forget exactly :).  But what is its sound?  In your own 
> > mind, when you see *MOTM*, how does it ring?
> > 
> > -Richard Brewster
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