Gone East: That's a first

November 13, 2003

That's a first

Last evening, for the first time ever, I had occasion to speak out loud the name of the A-list blog "boingboing".

And I realized that I'm not sure how it's pronounced.

Is it BOH-ing BOH-ing? or BOY-ng BOY-ng? or something else?

Maybe it's pronounced that same as the name of the artist formally known as Prince.

Posted by jghiii at November 13, 2003 01:32 PM

Comments

Posted by: sherman on November 13, 2003 04:35 PM

Boy ng!

It rhymes with the first syllable in the late great artrock group Oingo Boingo. Danny Elfman, who now does a lot of soundtracks -- especially for Tim Burton -- was a member of the group.