MOTM

From: "Richard Brewster" <pugix@...>
To: "MOTM List" <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 6:57 AM
Subject: [motm] How do you pronounce 'MOTM'?


> Is it
> 
> EM OH TEE EM
> 
> 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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> MOW-tim
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> Paul S>
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> ----- 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'?
> 
> 
> > Is it
> > 
> > EM OH TEE EM
> > 
> > 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
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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