always hear her called Zoe (s'pose this might not be her fault, but as a public figure she can dictate how her name is pronounced) when it should be Zoo-ey
― No disre but maryanne hobbs is peng trust me (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 6 June 2010 01:41 (fourteen years ago) link
gotcha
― iago g., Sunday, 6 June 2010 01:42 (fourteen years ago) link
i have never heard her name pronounced as Zoe
― unfinest states of america (some dude), Sunday, 6 June 2010 01:42 (fourteen years ago) link
lucky you.
― No disre but maryanne hobbs is peng trust me (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 6 June 2010 01:44 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty sure I've only heard her name pronounced as zoe
then again, I don't talk about zooey deschanel so much
― INSUFFICIENT FUN (bernard snowy), Sunday, 6 June 2010 01:52 (fourteen years ago) link
I saw something in Mojo (or somesuch) where she lists her favourite music.
"Odessey and Oracle", and such like.
She has very similar tastes, it seems, as our Alice.
― Mark G, Monday, 7 June 2010 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Her name was made famous by author J.D. Salinger, who wrote the classic Catcher in the Rye and the best-selling Franny and Zooey. But frisky young actress Zooey Deschanel is refreshingly defiant about how it’s pronounced. I told her I always thought it was Zooey as in “zoo.” Yet she pronounces the “oo” sound as in “oh.” Maybe we should ask Salinger, I suggested. Zooey wasn’t having any of that! “I don’t really care what Salinger says about my name,” she said. “It’s my name.”
Going to see this chick 2nite.
― jaymc, Monday, 7 June 2010 16:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Also, Slate suggests that Salinger's Zooey was meant to be pronounced like Zoe:http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/browbeat/archive/tags/zooey/default.aspx
― jaymc, Monday, 7 June 2010 16:24 (fourteen years ago) link
ok i looked up some talk show appearances on youtube and the hosts all said it like 'zoe' so i guess it was just people IRL saying it like 'zoo-ey' after all. go fig.
― some dude, Monday, 7 June 2010 16:34 (fourteen years ago) link
to think we could have had her drowned back in 2008
― plax (ico), Monday, 7 June 2010 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
feeling pretty shame-faced if Salinger meant it to be pronounced Zoe!
― Lil' Lj & The World (jim in glasgow), Monday, 7 June 2010 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i apologise, zooey deschanel!
It's a shame that Ms. Deshanel can't sing on key to save her life.
― Darin, Monday, 7 June 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Saw She & Him in Cleveland last night. Good show, Zooey and M. Ward have lots of onstage chemistry and the audience obvs loves her. They've got a crack band with them too (Dan Horne, Louie Stephens, Aaron Sperske, who have been in bands like the Lilys and Beachwood Sparks). Don't know where this "can't sing on key" stuff comes from -- she came out and did a couple songs with openers Chapin Sisters, who also backed up her set, and she was fine. They did some fairly sophisticated 3-part harmony stuff and I never heard anything that made me cringe.
― I guess for copraphiles this is gonna be awesome (Pancakes Hackman), Friday, 11 June 2010 13:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Didn't do this.
Apparently the crowd was ridic.http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1277/4681477771_b095eae983.jpg
― jaymc, Friday, 11 June 2010 13:30 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVz6TCT5Bjs
― buzza, Saturday, 22 December 2012 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
GOD THE SHIT I WOULD PUT IN HER ASS
― cankles
― buzza, Saturday, 22 December 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
ahh .. that picture that jaymc posted ..
happy days.
3 weeks of chi-town life, living opposite that park during free concert season.
i didn't stay for she & him due to the crowd excess - was truly insane ..
― mark e, Saturday, 22 December 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
We've still got
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSq1cez_flQ
― your damn bass clarinet (Eazy), Saturday, 22 December 2012 20:48 (eleven years ago) link
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jshchingchongchoocho 1 month ago
notice how his feet are pointing in her direction...
Is that just some pick-up artist "look for the signs of attraction" talk?
― Cunga, Saturday, 22 December 2012 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOS3yG95_5k
― ARE YOU HIRING A NANNY OR A SHAMAN (Phil D.), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
It looks like every promo picture they use she just saw a UFO or something.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 7 March 2013 20:20 (eleven years ago) link