'kimono' pronun & use (was: "opening the kimono" (1979?, 1984))

[Mark A. Mandel]

Victoria writes:
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Well, M-W's 11th Collegiate and New Oxford American have a "long-o"
final syllable for the first pronun listed, with the schwa pron as the
single alternate; American Heritage 4th and Webster's New World 4th
list the schwa pron first, with the long o as an alternate pron of
almost equal currency
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I have only ever used the "long-o" final syllable, but then, I have never
used the word to mean anything but the Japanese garment.

-- Mark M.
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