Coffee as a last name

[Joel S. Berson]

Is the pronunciation of "ko'fi" the same as my "koh-fee"?

Joel

At 12/4/2007 07:40 PM, Rowan McMullin wrote:
>Kofi is a Ghanaian day-name.  It is pronounced ko'fi, and it means he was
>born on a Friday.  The female counterpart is Afua.
>
>-Rowan
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>On Dec 4, 2007 6:34 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > At 12/4/2007 04:18 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> > >Does anyone know how Kofi Anan pronounces his first name? Just wondering.
> >
> > I have only heard "koh-fee" from broadcasters.  (Please excuse my
> > naive phonetics.)
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> > Joel
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