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How do you pronounce "kilometer"?

FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about the metric system
It's almost exactly 200 km between Columbus and Cleveland, and you can probably find similar examples using your favorite cities as reminders of "long" but round-numbered distances in kilometers. The preferred pronunciation of kilometer puts the accent on the first syllable - KILL-oh-meet-er - although kill-AH-met-er is also common.
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How do you pronounce the name?

Concerta: Frequently Asked Questions
The maker of the medication pronounces it like this: con- sert -a, with the "sert" syllable sounding like the second syllable of the English word "concert".
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Is "K" a synonym for "kilometer"?

FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about the metric system
In everyday use, there are shorthand slang nicknames for the kilometer, the most common being "K" and "klick" (plurals Ks and klicks, the latter sometimes spelled with a "c"). Like most slang, they're OK in speech but should be avoided in writing, where you can use "km" or "km/h" if you want to be brief. It is nevertheless common to see "a 5K race," but everyone knows that's slang for a 5 km race, not a 5 K race (5 kelvins, presumably a race conducted at a very, very cold temperature).
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How do you pronounce mate?

Frequently Asked Questions about Caffeine
Melt some chocolate by puting a container with the chocolate in a pan of boiling water, stir the chocolate when it is getting hot. Some experimentation regarding what chocolate to use is in place. I used chocolate chips of from Girardelli. One should probably aim for dark and not too sweet chocolate. Pour the chocolate over the beans and smear it so that each bean is covered - you should have a single layer of covered beans not too far apart. Place the beans in a pan (no teflon) and roast them.
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How do you pronounce 'Hsu'?

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Most people pronounce it “sue”. A more correct, more Singaporean pronunciation is “shoe”.
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How do you pronounce Thiaoouba ?

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Thiaoouba is the English representation of the word in which "T" is silent and "b" is a sound between "B" and "V". Hebrew people pronounce Thiaoouba "Hyehouva". Interestingly, this is the most frequently encountered word in the Bible, because it is the name Moses used to refer to "God" when he wrote the first 5 chapters of the Bible in Hebrew @3250 years ago.
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How do you pronounce your daughter's name?

FAQ | dooce ®
Leta rhymes with Rita and pita. LEE-TAH or LEE-DAH. We could have spelled it Lita to make it easier for people to pronounce, but she is named after my mother's sister, Leta Kay, who died when she was five months old. Spelling it any other way wouldn't do.
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How do you pronounce dooce?

FAQ | dooce ®
Sure, why not. I pronounce the L's in walk, talk, and chalk even though I know better. So we're even.
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How do I pronounce "anisotropy"?

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If you've never come across this word before, then (obviously) it's new to you, and so even professional cosmologists sometimes pronounce it wrongly. This then is a good question, but hard to answer in plain text! Basically, the stress is on the third syllable, and the common mistake is to stress the fourth. The confusion presumably arises from knowing how to pronounce "anisotropic", and then thinking that you just pronounce it the same way, but without the final consonant.
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How do you pronounce Touareg?

Volkswagen Touareg Frequently-Asked Questions
There are various ways to say the word Touareg. Volkswagen seems to have settled on a pronunciation that sounds a lot like "tour egg". Volkswagen's web site for the Touareg, which can currently be found at http://www.vw.com/touareg/mini/flash.htm has audio samples of different people saying the word Touareg.
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How do you pronounce Recordare?

MusicXML FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Recordare is Latin for "remember", so the pronunciation is as in Latin or Italian (reh-cor-DAH-ray). Internet publishing will allow musical works to be remembered and performed more widely. We believe a standard Internet-friendly format like MusicXML is essential for the success of Internet music publishing. FAQ - Hello World - File Structure - MIDI-Compatible - Notation Basics - Tablature - Percussion - Advanced
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How do you pronounce Islay?

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Islay is pronounced ‘eye-la’. Try not to pronounce it Izley or anything similar, unless you immediately want to out yourself as a clueless tourist. In any case Islay is the anglicised spelling, the Gaelic version is Ile. And once you've mastered Islay you can try some of the many place names on Islay with Gaelic origins like Kilchoman (hint: the c is silent, i.e Kilhoman), Bunnahabhain or Beinn Bheigeir.
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How far is a kilometer?

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Roughly 1.6 kilometers is a mile. (Ex: 50 km is about 31 miles.) All French distance markers are in kilometers, so to help you track progress, all of our distances are quoted in kilometers. Is self-guided totally alone? One of the largest US cycling magazines has even confounded what this type of travel means, and therefore it is easily misunderstood! This is NOT SELF-CONTAINED bicycle touring.
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How many calories do I burn by walking a kilometer?

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The average 150-pound person burns between 50 and 650 calories per kilometer. The number changes depending on height, weight, fitness level, terrain, clothing, temperature, and many other factors. If your goal is to lose weight, forget about the numbers. Instead, develop a healthy eating plan that you can live with, and incorporate as much physical activity into your daily routine as possible, and walk for at least ? hour a day.
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How do you pronounce that name of yours?

FAQ | Jammer's Reviews
It's not nearly as hard as a lot of people insist on making it, especially if you break it down to syllables. My first name is easy: juh-MALL. The last name: EP-see-co-KHAN, said fairly evenly but with slight emphasis on the first and last syllables. That's "Epsi" like "Pepsi" without the P; "co" like "Coke" without the k; and "khan" like Star Trek II: The Wrath of "Khan.
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What's a PBGV?
Badly. Officially we use the French pronunciation, Peh-TEE Bah-SAY Gree-FOHN Vehn-DAY-uhn, but they're more commonly known as PBGVs, or Petits (peh-TEES), or Peebs, or PBs, among those who are owned by them.
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Mykronesia, she's a little nation that could.
Thank you so much for asking. Most people just pronounce it incorrectly and get confused with Micronesia.
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With Jess™ is committed to transforming the self-estee...
It is spelled Weiner and pronounced WEE-NER. Like the hot dog. Yes, it was an embarrassing name to have growing up. Yes, I got teased. Yes, I’ve heard every Weiner joke imaginable. No, you can’t try a new one on me.
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Jeannie Gagné
Gagné is a French Canadian name (Quebec). Just call me Jeannie Gahn-YAY, and you're speaking French like a native. I am definitely NOT Jeannie GAG-knee! (My relative Gonyea on NPR stresses the first syllable; guess his branch of the family went with phoenitics.) Pitcher Eric Gagne is not my relative but if you like baseball, you'll recognize it. There you have it!
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BMEX - Questions
The Broadband Media Exchange is the official name of the company, however people always like to shorten things to acronyms. However, we must also state that there already exists a company in the UK known as 'BMEX Ltd', and we in no way wish to trespass on their company name or trademarks. Hence, any use of the term 'BMEX' on this website is entirely colloquial, and in no way refers to this other company, their trademarks, goods or services.
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FAQ about Dan Hersam - Amidst a tangled web
For some reason many people feel the need to add another "h" to make hersham. I have not yet figured out why people do that, but perhaps Hershey's has something to do with it. For the spelling I usually tell people that if a particularly possessive girl had a boyfriend named Sam others would refer to him as "her Sam".
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Flea Market Music flashback page offers pictures from ukulel...
The proper Hawaiian pronunciation is "oo-koo-lay-lay", even though mainlanders have been saying it wrong for years. To make things more confusing, the shortened nickname is still pronounced "yuke". So, pronounce it anyway you like!
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Nick Scipio's FAQ
No and yes, in that order. Sorry, you can’t buy a printed copy of Summer Camp. I’ve thought about publishing it, but I probably never will. Why not? For a variety of reasons, but two of them are “deal breakers.” Because of the political climate in the U.S. (where I live), no publisher will go near underage written erotica. It’s legal to write it, but they still won’t publish it. That’s just a fact of life.
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