Re: Pronunciation of "Unicode"

[John Cowan]

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> I'm glad to see that the initial [j-] is not in discussion!

I think that no English word, other than non-English proper names, has /u/
for initial "u".  Of course, sounds other than /ju/ are possible!
A classic test for spotting an (anglophone) chemist is to present him
with the string UNIONIZED and ask for the pronunciation.  Non-chemists
say /'junjVnaizd/ and mean "organized into a labor union"; chemists
say /Vn'ai@naizd/ and mean "not ionized".

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