How to pronounce “simper” in English

And because we were doing one of those interviews in the film, it was a brilliant thing to be able to watchthose simpering, deeply concerned, heavily coiffed people who have that dripping sense of deep concern,and you just know that there is a savage ratings-getting machine operating under that.

Here are a few entries from my Proust word list.Meaning respectively, sullen, simpering, water sprite, convoluted, mawkish, carnation, jubilation,tea party, to warble, upholsterer, villainy, procuress, calling card, and greyhound.

I've seen some people cast it as a love story between men, which I don't think it is, because the men seem quite heterosexual.They do. I say this as kind of a simpering sissy myself, that they seem extremely heterosexual.And the first paragraph-- I'm going to read the first paragraph out loud, because it's one of my favorite first paragraphs.