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Old June 29th 10, 05:40 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:34:57 +0100, The Iron Jelloid
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The French kitchen equipment company Moulinex (which mum always said
should be pronounced "Moliknow") actually ran adverts where they
pronounced it "Moon-li-nex", because that was how most UK people said
it.


"Braun" shavers are similar, though the mispronunciation probably in
that case does the brand a bit of good if you think about it.

Neil
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