Blind Io???

[Ook!]

This is a really pointless question, but it's one that has been bugging me for a while...

How do people pronounce his name? Because phonetically i read Blind Y-O...

Does anyone else read it differently?


Ook!

 

[Tonyblack]

I pronouce it like the moon of Jupiter, or the nymph who was seduced by Zeus - Eye-Oh.

 

[Tonyblack]

What I am curious about is why Terry named Him Io.

As I said - Io is one of the Jovian Moons and said to be one of the most volcanically active places in the known solar system. Huge volcanoes have been witnessed on its surface and it's reckoned that it is so active it effectively turns itself inside-out.

But Io was also a nymph, who was turned into a cow after being seduced by Zeus.

I have a feeling Terry is hiding a joke in there somewhere - but I can't imagine what.

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

It's all bullocks with Zeus - didn't he turn into a bull to carry off Europa?

Hi there Ook!

 

[Ook!]

What I am curious about is why Terry named Him Io.

As I said - Io is one of the Jovian Moons and said to be one of the most volcanically active places in the known solar system. Huge volcanoes have been witnessed on its surface and it's reckoned that it is so active it effectively turns itself inside-out.

But Io was also a nymph, who was turned into a cow after being seduced by Zeus.

I have a feeling Terry is hiding a joke in there somewhere - but I can't imagine what.

Thanks, thats great! i feel a little stupid for not knowing that, but now i do, so all's well that ends well. Thanks again!

Also hey there Jan

Ook!

 

[poohcarrot]

Hi Ook!

I always thought it was like the letters "E & O".

 

[Dotsie]

Like Tony, I've always pronounced it eye-oh, like the moon (and the nymph-cow).

 

[ShadowNinjaCat]

Eye-oh for me as well

 

[BatrickPatrick]

Eye-o, like eveyone else seems to >.>

Also, "Ook!" is the most awesome UN evar.

 

[Ook!]

Also, "Ook!" is the most awesome UN evar.

haha, thanks, i liked the fact it could mean almost anything


Ook!

 

[BatrickPatrick]

Ooook! Eek!

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

eye-oh here too

 

[poohcarrot]

Eye-o, like eveyone else seems to >.>

Oi! I didn't.

 

[CrysaniaMajere]

me neither

I've always read that as E-O , expecially because it's written like the Italian word for 'I' , so it would be difficult for me to read it differently

Hi Ook ^_^

 

[Penfold]

Eye-o, like eveyone else seems to >.>

Oi! I didn't.

I always thought a Blind Eye sounded better than a Blind Eee. I also wondered if Sir Terry was trying to work a punchline with the phrase "turning a blind eye.....oh", into one of his books and then never got around to it.

 

[CrysaniaMajere]

that's exactly why I chose to read it E-o, because it's like 'blind me', like I'm blind and can't see any of you, and also because the sound of eye-oh is like 'ouch' in italian, which sounded a bit silly to me.