Thread: Pronunciation of foreign/unusual names in books
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Old 05-09-2011, 10:03 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
Actually, the author didn't invent that word, or its pronunciation. It's Japanese for "fox."
I know - they were talking about a Japanese fox spirit, which is why it irritated me so much that they got the pronunciation wrong. The "u" in this case should be almost silent and the "e" is short. Sounds more like "kitzneh" AFAIK. (I'm not a Japanese speaker but worked in Hawaii for several years - a lot of Japanese is spoken there.)
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