On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:08:47 GMT, I needed a babel fish to understand
LewZephyr > :

>On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:10:50 +0100, I needed a babel fish to
>understand peter > :
>
>>Kent a écrit :
>>
>>> pho[pronounced 'pha', or 'pha ga', the latter for chicken].
>>
>>Sorry to correct your pronounciation. After conferring with my
>>vietnamese friends, it seems that you pronounce the "o" in pho like the
>>"u", only much shorter, in "burn".
>>But then, it all depends in what country you are
>>...
>>Peter
>
>Interesting, I have heard it pronounced Pho with a solid O like in
>"over". as well as phuh like the first part of "fun" as well as
>the pha. All of these ways to pronounce have been given to me by
>vietnamise. The most common has been the phuh like in fun.

Oh this reminds me... the friend that turned me on to Pho, had a sorta
joke plan to start his own pho resturant.

The resturant was gunna be called Pho Q (remember pho pronounced as
fu as in fun)
with various bowls...

for kids the pho cup
for adults the pho king

I still smile when I hear it.
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