OT: pronouncing zune (was Re: OT: MS "Zune" was Re: OT: Wow, AMD is buying ATI for billions....)

[Brian K. White]

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Subject: Re: OT: MS "Zune" (was Re: OT: Wow,AMD is buying ATI for 
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> On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 09:03:44AM -0400, Kenneth Brody may or may not 
> have
> proven themselves an utter git by pronouncing:
>>     Blogger "Mickeleh" saw some irony in the name Zune; In Hebrew, if
>>     you pronounce the "u" like in the word "tribune," it translates
>
> How -is- it supposed to be pronounced?  I was reading it phonetically as
> "zoon", which would match.  I'm pretty sure a majority of people would.

You really pronounce tribune the same as triboon?
(ok pick a real word, baboon)
I think most people would agree there is a Y sound in tribune and none in 
baboon.

It's close but merely close.

I think most people would say zoon in this case too just because even if you 
start out trying to say "zyewn" you reject it immediately and say zoon 
instead.

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