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Old 02-05-2016, 04:44 PM   #94
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Originally Posted by Nate the great View Post
How is that word supposed to be pronounced? (I thought it was "kway")

I know how you feel. I just dropped Niven's Ringworld because the narrator pronounced Louis as "Louie".

That's not correct, not in my book.
My father's name is Luis and he goes by Louie.

I'd have used the word wharf.

This is kind of what I mean about life experiences and where you live being more of a key to pronunciation, word use and communication. It's never as cut and dried as it appears in grammar school.

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