Thread: List of Names You Would Change . . . if they were yours
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Old 09-08-2007, 04:42 PM   #2
limey
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Originally Posted by wolf View Post
Here in the states the "ck" is never silent. I have always been aware of the oddities of English pronunciation, what with the "gh" controversy and all, but "ck"? That "Coh-burn" shit has got to be made up, like Hyacinth "Booh-keh" rather than Bucket on Keeping Up Appearances.
Hence the actor James Coburn spelling it like it is ?
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