kneck and kneck

[Tom Zurinskas]

Yep.  I had friends Knudson and Knaus.  We all pronounced those k's.



Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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>From: sagehen <sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM>
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>Subject: Re: kneck and kneck
>Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 23:00:34 -0400
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>  It's a funny expression for human runners anyway.  Must come from horse
>racing. " Toe & toe"  or "chest & chest" would be more appropriate to the
>posture of  human racing.
>There's something about that initial k in /kneck/ that (to my mind) insists
>on being voiced. Anyone else?
>AM
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