> On a tangent I was surprised to learn that I'd been mispronouncing his last name for years. Phonetically it's "peeps" and not "pep is" as I'd believed. It's

> On a tangent I was surprised to learn that I'd been mispronouncing his last name for years. Phonetically it's "peeps" and not "pep is" as I'd believed. It's a shibboleth for English lit majors, like knowing Euler is "oiler" for math folks.