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Re: Pronunciation?
By:Mark Kanzler
Date: 5/30/1998, 12:04 am
In Response To: Re: Pronunciation? (Mike Spence)

Living here in So Cal I sort of Mexican-Americanized it to Gillemo (gill-uh-moh)

> Looks French to me. I always thought it was Ghi-mo, however,
> _le Quillet (that's Key-eh) Flammarion dictionnaire usuel_ suggests
> that it's Ghi-ye-mo. From the _Concise Oxford Dictionary_: French,
> from Guillaume William. Here's another: Guillotine -> Ghi-yo-teen.
>

> It's been bothering me for a while too. :-)

> Mike Spence

Messages In This Thread

Pronunciation?
Rick C. -- 5/29/1998, 8:05 am
Re: Pronunciation?
Jerry Weinraub -- 5/31/1998, 3:02 pm
Re: Pronunciation?
Buzzy -- 5/30/1998, 6:32 am
Re: Pronunciation?
Nick Schade -- 5/29/1998, 7:53 pm
Re: Pronunciation?
Rob Cochrane -- 5/29/1998, 3:09 pm
Re: Pronunciation?
Mark Kanzler -- 5/29/1998, 3:11 pm
Re: The Linkmaster Strikes Again!
Mark Kanzler -- 5/29/1998, 10:09 am
Why...spank you very much!
Rick C. -- 5/29/1998, 11:41 am
Re: The Linkmaster Strikes Again!
Roger Tulk -- 5/29/1998, 10:14 am
Re: The Linkmaster Strikes Again!
Rob Cochrane -- 5/29/1998, 5:40 pm
Re: The Linkmaster Strikes Again!
Mark Kanzler -- 5/29/1998, 6:20 pm
Re: The Linkmaster Strikes Again!
Roger Tulk -- 5/30/1998, 1:45 pm
Re: The Linkmaster Strikes Again!
Roger Tulk -- 5/30/1998, 2:26 pm
Re: The Linkmaster Strikes Again!
Mark Kanzler -- 6/2/1998, 12:21 am
Re: Pronunciation?
Roger Tulk -- 5/29/1998, 10:01 am
Re: Pronunciation?
Mike Spence -- 5/29/1998, 11:26 am
Re: Pronunciation?
Mark Kanzler -- 5/30/1998, 12:04 am
Re: Pronunciation?
Ron Wagener -- 5/30/1998, 10:15 am
Re: Pronunciation?
Mark Kanzler -- 5/31/1998, 5:10 pm