[sw-l] offtopic: Stokoe's name pronounciation

[Tomáš Klapka]

Well, it is the same way of pronounciation the people pronounce it here
in czech. ;)
I'll use this pronounciation.
Thank you, Valerie.

Tomas

Valerie Sutton wrote:

> SignWriting List
> June 10, 2005
>
>> Tomáš Klapka in the Czech Republic wrote:
>> I am very interested... how to pronounce Stokoe's name, because
>> everybody pronounce it as [stouki:] ([sto-kee]) here in the Czech
>> republic.
>> I always thought it is [stokou], like "-oe" in for example word
>> "toe". I have never seen/heard "-oe" pronounced as the "e" sound....
>
>
> Hello Tomas!
> I always pronounced it like this:
>
> STO
> (rhymes with the English word GO)
>
> KOE
> (sounds like the English word KEY)
>
> It is an unusual name and I am sure there are several
> pronunciations...smile...
>
> Val ;-)
>
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