humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare

Tom Reedy wrote:
> BTW, last week I met a woman whose last name is Looney, and she said
> the pronunciation was just as it looks, rhyming with gooney, as in
> gooney bird, not with boney, as most Oxfordians insist.

Not proof one way or t'other, though. Different branches of the Theobald
family say "thee-o-bald" and "tib-bled", different branches of the
Hathaway family say "hath-a-way" and "hate-a-way", and different
branches of the Halley family say "hay-lee" and "hal-lee".

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John W. Kennedy
"Those in the seat of power oft forget their failings and seek only the
obeisance of others! Thus is bad government born! Hold in your heart
that you and the people are one, human beings all, and good government
shall arise of its own accord! Such is the path of virtue!"
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