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To: cynwoody
According to the Wiki, the pronunciation rhymes with "look",

...which does match how some English speakers pronounce the word in question.

23 posted on 06/01/2012 11:13:03 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
...which does match how some English speakers pronounce the word in question.

Can't say that I've ever witnessed an example.

Every time I've ever heard the word in anger, it's rhymed with buck, not Fluke, er, look.

27 posted on 06/02/2012 12:20:23 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Slings and Arrows
According to the Wiki, the pronunciation rhymes with "look",

The Fluking Village?

47 posted on 06/03/2012 10:04:07 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Washington could not tell a lie, Nixon could not tell the truth, Obama can't tell the difference.)
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