Re: Vernor Vinge (1944 - 2024)

On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 23:46:27 +0000, Robert Carnegie
<rja.carnegie@gmail.com> wrote:

On 21/03/2024 13:24, James Nicoll wrote:

SF author Vernor Vinge (1944 - 2024) is reported to have died, age 79.

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Was it news to me only that his name
is pronounced "Verner Vinjee"?  Is it
in "About the Author"?  I didn't think
of it until BBC radio started talking
about his work this last week or weekend -
I don't know which programme - but it
is in no real way a secret.  Wikipedia
will say it on demand.  Likewise, of
course, the former Mrs. Vinjee.

That is news to me also, but, looking it up on Bing, it appears that
that is correct -- and the "ng" is pronounced as in "wing". I, being
ignorant, thought it rimed with "hinge".

Old Norse appears to be involved, which may or may not explain
anything.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"