Coffee as a last name

[Rowan McMullin]

Mark -

The stress, as I've heard it, is on the first syllable.  IPA style "'ko fi".

-Rowan

On Dec 5, 2007 12:46 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Rowan, does your "ko'fi" have stress on the second syllable (IPA style) or
> the first (American dictionaries style)?
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> On Dec 4, 2007 8:54 PM, Rowan McMullin <tryxchange at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I think so - if your first syllable rhymes with "toe" and your last
> rhymes
> > with "tea".
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> > -Rowan
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> > On Dec 4, 2007 7:46 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > > Is the pronunciation of "ko'fi" the same as my "koh-fee"?
> > >
> > > Joel
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> > > 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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