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From: gopher@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (John McQueen)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ
Subject: How do you  pronounce "quipu" ?
Keywords: gripe
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Date: 15 Dec 89 08:34:17 GMT
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According to the ISODE 5.0 manual the pronounciation of "quipu" is 
	kwip-ooo

Now if quipu is named after the devices the Incas used to use then
according to my understanding the pronounciation should be more like
	kip-ooo

In Spanish the "qu" is said more like the hard "k" in english not "kw"
Having actually seen a real Inca quipu I was a bit suprised to hear it
pronounced "kwip-ooo"

	John McQueen

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