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Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Brief note: Chinese pronounciation

A short FYI.


I tend to write "Kung Fu" as "Gung Fu," because it's closer to the correct pronounciation.

The "K" is actually supposed to be pronounced as a hard "G." For that matter, the "u" is more of a "oh" sound -- like "whoa dude!!!"

If it was supposed to be pronounced with a "K" sound, it'd be written "K'ung Fu." Or, so I've heard.


And now, ya know! :)


--GG

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