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Although ''[[LPD]]'' records the pronunciation of the [[surname]] '''Amis''' as if it rhymed with 'game iss' ({{IPA|ˈeɪmis}}), with a non-standard variant of the la\st syllable as {{IPA|ˈeɪməs}}, there is a tradition among British academics of pronouncing thenames of the two English writers Kingsley Amis and his son Martin Amis as monosyllables, a [[homophone]] of the [[plural]] [[noun]] (and [[singular]] [[verb]]) 'aims' ({{IPA|eɪmz}}). | Although ''[[LPD]]'' records the pronunciation of the [[surname]] '''Amis''' as if it rhymed with 'game iss' ({{IPA|ˈeɪmis}}), with a non-standard variant of the la\st syllable as {{IPA|ˈeɪməs}}, there is a tradition among British academics of pronouncing thenames of the two English writers Kingsley Amis and his son Martin Amis as monosyllables, a [[homophone]] of the [[plural]] [[noun]] (and [[singular]] [[verb]]) 'aims' ({{IPA|eɪmz}}). | ||
| − | There is an [[adjective]] '''amiss''' (with two '-s-'s) which sounds like 'a Miss' ({{IPA| | + | There is an [[adjective]] '''amiss''' (with two '-s-'s) which sounds like 'a Miss' ({{IPA|əˈmɪs}}){{wip}} |
::Kingsley Amis (1922-1995) began his career as a Lecturer in English. He became famous for his novel ''Lucky Jim'' (1954) which became famous as a comic novel about life as a university lecturer. He is seen as one of the 'angry young men', a description with which he disagreed. Altogether he wrote more thsan 20 novels, with many short stories, poems and various essays. He produced anthologies of poetry and of Science Fiction. Although he came a member of the Communist Party in 1941, while at Oxford University, he allowed his membership to lapse during his military service, and after the invasion of Hungary by the USSR after the Hungarian Rising became a militant anti-communist. Indeed he, and his great friend [[Philip Larkin]] (whom he met at Oxford) became known for their reactionary and right-wing views. He was knighted (becoming Sir Kingsley Amis) in 1990. | ::Kingsley Amis (1922-1995) began his career as a Lecturer in English. He became famous for his novel ''Lucky Jim'' (1954) which became famous as a comic novel about life as a university lecturer. He is seen as one of the 'angry young men', a description with which he disagreed. Altogether he wrote more thsan 20 novels, with many short stories, poems and various essays. He produced anthologies of poetry and of Science Fiction. Although he came a member of the Communist Party in 1941, while at Oxford University, he allowed his membership to lapse during his military service, and after the invasion of Hungary by the USSR after the Hungarian Rising became a militant anti-communist. Indeed he, and his great friend [[Philip Larkin]] (whom he met at Oxford) became known for their reactionary and right-wing views. He was knighted (becoming Sir Kingsley Amis) in 1990. | ||
Revision as of 13:36, 25 April 2008
Although LPD records the pronunciation of the surname Amis as if it rhymed with 'game iss' (IPA: /ˈeɪmis/), with a non-standard variant of the la\st syllable as IPA: /ˈeɪməs/, there is a tradition among British academics of pronouncing thenames of the two English writers Kingsley Amis and his son Martin Amis as monosyllables, a homophone of the plural noun (and singular verb) 'aims' (IPA: /eɪmz/).
There is an adjective amiss (with two '-s-'s) which sounds like 'a Miss' (IPA: /əˈmɪs/)
- Kingsley Amis (1922-1995) began his career as a Lecturer in English. He became famous for his novel Lucky Jim (1954) which became famous as a comic novel about life as a university lecturer. He is seen as one of the 'angry young men', a description with which he disagreed. Altogether he wrote more thsan 20 novels, with many short stories, poems and various essays. He produced anthologies of poetry and of Science Fiction. Although he came a member of the Communist Party in 1941, while at Oxford University, he allowed his membership to lapse during his military service, and after the invasion of Hungary by the USSR after the Hungarian Rising became a militant anti-communist. Indeed he, and his great friend Philip Larkin (whom he met at Oxford) became known for their reactionary and right-wing views. He was knighted (becoming Sir Kingsley Amis) in 1990.
- Martin Amis was born in 1949. His first novel was The Rachel Papers (1973); others have included Money (1984, London Fields (1989) and The Information (1995). He has also written essays and short stories. He is known for controversial views on Islam, givewn in such writings as The Second Plane: September 11: Terror and Boredom (2008).
