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Old 11-23-08, 06:53   #14 (permalink)
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Re: How do you pronounce "carnauba"?

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Originally Posted by Holden_C04 View Post
The proper, unbastardized pronunciation is car-now-ba. That is, at least according to Merriam-Webster and a few other sources.

Merriam-Webster Pronunciation
According to how the website pronounces it, it sounds more like car - noe - ba rather than car - now - ba. In otherwords, noe like No Way! Versus now like Right Now!

Edit: Now that I have listened to it a few more times, maybe it does sound more like now than noe. Hard to tell.
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