Q; pronouncing "Fukushima"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/28/2011 03:19 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>At 3:08 PM -0400 3/28/11, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>>Is it FOO-koo-SHEE-mah (large accent on SHEE) or foo-Koo-shih-MAH
>>(small or no accent on Koo, larger but still slight on MAH)?  I had
>>heard only the former until once hearing a Brit (perhaps from BBC,
>>perhaps only CNN international) use the latter.
>>
>>(My presumption is that the latter is correct, given what I think I
>>was told once about hi-Roh-shih-MAH.)
>>
>>Joel
>
>The latter may be "correct", but the former is inevitable.  I suppose
>we Americans could manage
>fu-KU-shi-ma if we were asked to, maybe even with secondary stress at
>the end, but fu-ku-shi-MA?  Doubtful.

If the Brits can, why can't we?  Would we have to think too much?

Joel

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