Have I been pronouncing KWest restaurant wrong for over ten years?

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Spigzy
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Re: Have I been pronouncing KWest restaurant wrong for over ten years?

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It is a silent "K", so just "West" - same as the famous band, they actually knocked the "K" off on their t-shirts:

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Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
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Re: Have I been pronouncing KWest restaurant wrong for over ten years?

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The French clique always pronounced it K-West
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Re: Have I been pronouncing KWest restaurant wrong for over ten years?

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If the recipient understands you're in the clear... For some reason i pronounce villa as "veee-llah" ;-)
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