Inuit [was: Heard on NOVA:]

[Sarah]

On 2011-07-29, at 9:41 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

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> At 7/28/2011 07:45 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Jonathan Lighter
>> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Inuit
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>> [InuwIt]? [InjuwIt]? Something else?
>>
>> Some words are fairly non-occurrent in casual conversation, like _artctic_.;-)
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> That's pronounced "Eskimo."
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> Joel

Try ᐃᓄᐃᑦ.

(ˈɪnjuːɪt, ˈɪnÊ Éªt)

S.

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