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How do you pronounce Gene Tunney?

Posted: 10 Jun 2013, 14:48
by CrazyHorse
I heard someone pronounce it:

Jean Toonie .... or like Jean Tune-E. The Tunney part sounded like TOONIE



I always thought it was pronounced like JEAN TUNNEY like Tunnel but Tunney

Re: How do you pronounce Gene Tunney?

Posted: 10 Jun 2013, 18:04
by john2345
CrazyHorse wrote:I heard someone pronounce it:

Jean Toonie .... or like Jean Tune-E. The Tunney part sounded like TOONIE



I always thought it was pronounced like JEAN TUNNEY like Tunnel but Tunney
Jean Tunney, like Tunnel

Re: How do you pronounce Gene Tunney?

Posted: 10 Jun 2013, 18:11
by HomicideHenry
JEAN TON-KNEE

Re: How do you pronounce Gene Tunney?

Posted: 10 Jun 2013, 23:34
by CrazyHorse
Kind of thought so. Thanks for clearing it up :box:

Re: How do you pronounce Gene Tunney?

Posted: 11 Jun 2013, 07:46
by man
it think it rhymes with clean bunny.