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Kai-roh or Kei-rou?
More Wikipedia goodness: here's a list of English names with non-intuitive pronunciations (via Language Hat). I sure wish this existed when I visited Berkeley of Gloucestershire, where I proceeded to ask directions for the town of "berk-lee" rather than "bark-ly." Well, at least I pronounced Gloucestershire right.
And as for Cairo, it's pronounced "kai-roh" in Egypt, but "kei-rou" in Ohio and Illinois. (ELHAM)
August 30, 2007
