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Alright, I'll bite... how precisely does one pronounce "Colquhoun"? COLE-KUH-HOON? CALL-KAH-HOON?
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i think its pronounced,
amie-and-her-husband....
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Great question!
I always "heard" cole-koon' in my head. But there are lots of other noises and voices and stuff in there too.
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I've never tried to speak it out loud, but in my head I've (probably) butchered it as "coal-hoon"
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My guess is "Cal-hoon"
Another fine Scottish name.
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I have another question, although it might sound silly. How do you pronounce Axiom? Is it "axe-um" or "axi-um?" Or "Axi-ahm"
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'Ak-see-uhm
(Make sure to put the em-PHA-sis on the right syl-LAB-le.  )
Depending on what part of the county/world you're from, the last syllable might sound more like "om" than "uhm"
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From the Great Southwest, Phx, AZ.
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i thought it to be axe-e-um. the middle e is a long e but don't know how to indicate that.
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AXE-ee-um
ACK-see-um
It's an English word for an established principle or universal truth... see also Postulate, contrast Theorum.
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