'kimono' pronun & use

[Laurence Horn]

>I was really surpised at the post claiming the final "o" in kimono isn't
>pronounced like /o/ as well.
>
>I doubt a strong claim that kimona is modeled after pajama, etc. I recall
>one of my grandmothers (but not the other) simply unable to pronounce it as
>an /o/. It just didn't seem to be allowed in her native Seattle
>pronunciation system.
>
How is/was "Yoko Ono" pronounced in Seattle?

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