Cindy Haglund wrote in a message to Roger Nelson:

 CH>  Way, I meant. Sigh. Yes, That is why I looked it up. :)

Okay.  Mine took off with Katrina, but I have a dictionary on my hard disk.

 CH>   LOL! Oh yeah! The scales. Doe Ray ME! ...

Nice going!

 RN> rule of thumb in pronunciation is to see the word in syllables.  Nine
 RN> out of ten times your pronouncement will be correct using that method.

 CH>  That is what I do. But want to know how I've pronounced Thailand?
 CH> :) 

Tie-land.

 CH> I still can't say the bit T word 

 RN> Tchoupitoulas?  <=== 4 syllables.

 CH>  No not that one. The tidal wave T word.

The t in tsunami is silent.  Soo-na-mee (not to be confused with surimi).


Regards,

Roger 
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