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From: phoogenb@liberty.uc.wlu.edu (Peter Hoogenboom)
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of foreign words
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Pat Turenne (pturenne@MBNet.mb.ca) wrote:
: In article <4ibtil$47m@rcsuna.gmr.com>, gzywicki@cmsa.gmr.com (Greg
: Zywicki) wrote :

: > Gratiot
: > Grah-shut instead of Gra-twa (?)
: > 

: Unless there's a typo here, that should be Gra-teeoh.

Unless "Gratiot" isn't French, that should be Gra-seeoh.

Peter

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