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I would have thought this would have been picked long ago.

things have bene a bit dead lately . . .

2/3

I suspect they may be about to wake up again...

I hope so.

I was surprised to discover that her last name was pronounced with a row as in boat, instead of row as in argument. Is it a common name and pronunciation in the UK, or am I the only one who was fooled?

No idea. I didn't know how to pronounce it either. Are you UKish? Maybe it's a Scottish thing? Or probably not, seeing as the pronunciation is completely different there. Sorry. Don't know.

If her name had been J.K. Bowling, would you have been fooled? You never can tell with English spelling. Most 'ow' spellings rhyme with cow, but quite a few have an oh sound: bowl, mow, row, sow, Rowland, throw, low etc.

Her name, like David Bowie, is almost always mispronounced.

Yet Edgar Davids name never is, despite the obvious temptation.

How does one say David Bowie???

The 'ow' is, like JK Rowling, pronounced to sound like 'No', though many people pronounce it to sound like the 'ow' in 'Cow'.


Just think 'Bow and arrow'.

*feels enlightened*

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@ Gnomon

I would have liked a bit to be added about her name's pronunciation (I am Unitedstation, where we pronounce Bowie's name correctly, apparently), but it *is* a nice article as it is.