On the pronunciation of Cayce's name
From Pattern Recognition, William Gibson:
"I walk with you, please," he says, drawing even with her and smiling, as if delighted to offer her this favor. "My name is Voytek Biroshak."
"Call me Ishmael," she says, walking on.
"A girl's name?" Eager and doglike beside her. Some species of weird nerd innocence that somehow she accepts.
"No. It's Cayce."
"Case?"
"Actually," she finds herself explaining, "it should be pronounced 'Casey', like the name of the man my mother named me after. But I don't."
"Who is Casey?"
"Edgar Cayce, the Sleeping Prophet of Virginia Beach."
"Why does she, your mother?"
"Because she's a Virginian eccentric. Actually she's always refused to talk about it." Which is true.
"I walk with you, please," he says, drawing even with her and smiling, as if delighted to offer her this favor. "My name is Voytek Biroshak."
"Call me Ishmael," she says, walking on.
"A girl's name?" Eager and doglike beside her. Some species of weird nerd innocence that somehow she accepts.
"No. It's Cayce."
"Case?"
"Actually," she finds herself explaining, "it should be pronounced 'Casey', like the name of the man my mother named me after. But I don't."
"Who is Casey?"
"Edgar Cayce, the Sleeping Prophet of Virginia Beach."
"Why does she, your mother?"
"Because she's a Virginian eccentric. Actually she's always refused to talk about it." Which is true.