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From: phoogenb@liberty.uc.wlu.edu (Peter Hoogenboom)
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of foreign words
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david shobe (dshobe@unlinfo.unl.edu) wrote:

: What "should be Gra-teeoh" (or "Grah-tyoh" with consonantal "y")
: is the French pronunciation.  "Gra-twa" would be spelled *"Gratoit"
: in French; the street name is "Gratiot".

Actually, the "t" would be pronounced like an "s", like in words ending 
in "tion."

Peter

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