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Subject:Re: OT: How would you pronounce this word...? From:Marilyn_Baldwin -at- capgroup -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Thu, 10 Feb 2000 11:51:19 -0800
Rene Stephenson wrote:
> I'm in a start-up company that's branching off from a large,
> international corporation. The new company name is Paceon.
>
> So how would you pronounce "Paceon?" When you see the name
> in print, how do you think it's pronounced?
>
> Yes, I really need to get some objective feedback for
> documentation and graphic purposes. If the pronunciation isn't
> apparent, there are things I can do as a communicator to help
> the reader.
Here's how I pronounced the word to myself (phonetically):
