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[Mark A. Mandel]

Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU> writes:

>>>>>
Oh dear--we used to pronounce the name of the German-made pacifier our son
used (a Nuk) as [nUk].  I wonder where the brand name came from, and if
other users were as naive as we were?
<<<<<

And that's probably the right pronunciation, same as obsolescent (IMHO)
English "nook" 'corner'. What bothered me was when people added a
diminutive /i/ ~= "-ie" to it (prob. from its use with babies and
baby-talk)!


-- Mark