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[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

On 26.01.2011 15:03, David Morris wrote:
> For Americans, they're not pronounced the same.
>

> "Cunt" rhymes with "blunt." (I don't know the phonetic spelling)
>

So does Kant.


> "Kant" would (depending on local accent) rhyme with either "ant" or "aunt."
>

Interesting, but also puzzling ... I was referring to the international 
rule to pronounce NAMES the way native speakers do.


KFL


> David Morris
>
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen
> <lorentzen at hotmail.de>  wrote:
>> I sometimes ask myself what effect on native English speakers it has that "cunt" and Kant are pronounced exactly the same.
>