The Mock Turtle

Estrella wrote: ↑Sun Nov 22, 2020 8:37 am I’ve also just discovered an actual real life Dawson in J’s year. She’s the child of someone I met out for drinks who I thought was called Nicola. Cos that’s how it’s written. But she’s called Ni-Cola (like the drink).

Texaco Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:06 pm

Estrella wrote: ↑Sun Nov 22, 2020 8:37 am I’ve also just discovered an actual real life Dawson in J’s year. She’s the child of someone I met out for drinks who I thought was called Nicola. Cos that’s how it’s written. But she’s called Ni-Cola (like the drink).

That’s the Polish (and possibly other bits of Eastern Europe) pronunciation though, not completely novel.

Livilla wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 8:39 pm I discovered we have a real life Margot Tenenbaum working at my firm, she and I were in the same meeting today

Estrella wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 8:38 pm No, not Nee-Cola. A very short “Ni” and “Cola” very much like the drink (which when I say it is different to the French pronunciation). It doesn’t sound like the French Nicolas at all the way she says it.

Estrella wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 8:38 pm No, not Nee-Cola. A very short “Ni” and “Cola” very much like the drink (which when I say it is different to the French pronunciation). It doesn’t sound like the French Nicolas at all the way she says it.