[lit-ideas] Re: J. L. Borges, O. B. E., K. B. E.

  • From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:16:56 -0500

When my brother Emory emigrated to Denmark, it took a while for him to get used to being called Ay-ma-roo Yay-err-roo. Just goes to show ya -- something.
When I was living in Seattle, I knew this Hispanic guy that everyone called "George". I thought that odd until I realized that his name was Jorge. When in Rome, I guess... 

Mike Geary
Memphis
----- Original Message ----- From: <Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx> 
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 11:54 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] J. L. Borges, O. B. E., K. B. E.



In a message dated 4/6/2009 10:54:23 A.M.  Eastern Daylight Time,
atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I wonder if Speranza remembers when he first signed onto the old Phil-Lit, I 
sent him a off-list  post with the salutation: "Say hey, Jorge!"

-----

I possibly missed the rhyme. To have 'Jorge' rhyme with 'hey' you need to
pronounce 'Jorge' so that it rhymes with 'hey'


    sei hei hor' hei

but there are distinct features with that:

'hor    sounds like "whore"
'hor HEI' seems to have the stress on the wrong syllable. As when in Paree 
they call Geary, Gearee, djiRI:

----

The blame is my mother.

She thought "J. L." was fitting for an intellectual as I was in her  womb.
At least on the good side, Borges must be the only "Jor-HEY" who is both O. 
B. E. and K. B. E.
How can I be liked to be called "Jorge" when I NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER 
heard my mother use that term in referring to me!? (She never calls me
"Jorge-Luis" either -- oddly she calls me 'Sun', or 'Son' -- I don't know how she 
spells it).

Cheers,

J. L. Speranza, Esq.
  Buenos Aires, Argentina
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