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Friday, February 1, 2013

quicko: vietnam

Pronounced Viet-naam here instead of Viet-nahm.  Sigh.  There's also a slight something about "Samoa," but I can't quite work out what it is.  It sounds slightly funny, but possibly more correct ... which is more than I can say for "Vietnaam."
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  1. UnknownFebruary 6, 2013 at 1:41 PM

    I think most Australians would say /Sa MO uh/. But I've noticed Samoans will say something closer to /SAH mo uh/

    They probably know how to say the name of their own country better than we do.

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