Coffee as a last name

[Mark Mandel]

Rowan, does your "ko'fi" have stress on the second syllable (IPA style) or
the first (American dictionaries style)?

m a m

On Dec 4, 2007 8:54 PM, Rowan McMullin <tryxchange at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think so - if your first syllable rhymes with "toe" and your last rhymes
> with "tea".
>
> -Rowan
>
> On Dec 4, 2007 7:46 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>

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