Silent N? Soft J as in jogging?

It's pronounced WATCH-a-koo...stressing the WATCH.

So yes...the N is silent.

Ooh-ZAH-ma WATCH-uh-coo (source: http://www.hsgametime.com/dfw/sharedcontent/dws/spt/highschools/leaderboard/v3/allen/stories/082708dnspohsfboneonone.17667fd2.html)

Exactly...nice work Blue.

that should be in the final round of the 2010 Scripps National Spelling Bee

So, what do we yell from the stands when he scores?? KOOOOOOOO!

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He goes by "EZ"... Great kid...

Zooma Watch Him Go !!!!!

reminds me of this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60og9gwKh1o

Dave South is going to butcher that name

Dave South".....and WooMan scores"

you guys are cute trying to pronounce african names

Uzi

oooze

You pronounce the N in his last name:
Na-watch-ku

Na Ga....Na Ga....

Not gonna work here any more thats for sure!

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You pronounce the N in his last name:
Na-watch-ku

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trust me

you don't pronounce the N unless you are american, because that's who usually butchers names like that

Well, unless someone knows the kid personally or went to HS with him at Allen, THAT's how you pronounce it. We are in Allen's district and have played against him for 4 years.

And also 'Cause we have several kids at our HS 10 mins south of there, with THAT name, that pronounce the "N".

they are doing it wrong

my last name starts with Gb. However, to make it easier for people to say, we pronounce the G. In real life, the G is silent. That is typically the standard for african names

Yankees is right and trust me...the way I and Blueag09 had it is corrent.

WATCH-a-koo...the WATCH is stressed.

EZ told me himself....I pronounced it right during the Sherman signing day press conference...Sherman gave me props during the PC.

It was awesome. Go back and listen to the audio.

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they are doing it wrong

my last name starts with Gb. However, to make it easier for people to say, we pronounce the G. In real life, the G is silent. That is typically the standard for african names

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Well, riddle me this Batman... Unless those names come from a part of Subsaharan Africa colonized by the French, why in the H would there be a "silent letter" at the beginning of a name? African languages didn't use "Roman lettering" until Europeans got there and started trying to spell out those names and words.

I doubt that someone said, "you know...even though my name starts with a "B" sound, i think it would be cool to start it with an "N" or "G" letter just to be different". My name is John...but shoot, it looks so much cooler to be spelled Njohn.

Why is Colonel spelled the way it is?



Who the eff cares?

Have you ever heard an "English" or French person pronounce Colonel? They don't pronounce the R sound...

Have they ever had his chicken? If not, then I dont care to learn why they say it wrong.

Well, there ARE KFC's in Europe for starters...

And since we got that word from them, they probably said it in its correct form before we got a hold of that word.