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Jan 5Liked by Nancy Friedman

I wouldn't say that "Uwila Warrior" is phonologically trickier than "Aura Aero ERA", dunno. The latter certainly could be a challenge for the non-rhotic speaker? haha

When I read "in German, 'uwila' means 'owl'", I stopped instantly to confirm that that is in fact not true, and THEN returned to the piece to see that you'd already dealt with that :)

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It’s the U and the two Ws, on top of the L and Rs, that make Uwila Warrior so tricky to pronounce. (I've also had naming clients tell me "No Vs, no Ws.")

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