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Originally Posted by wayrad
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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Ah, I see. And you are correct about the pronunciation. I assumed (my mistake) from your references to fantasy authors, that you were under the impression it was imaginary. Sorry for jumping to conclusions.