Mai-Anh

Mai-Anh asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

This is tiny, but: In your head, do you pronounce Tej as "Tedge" or "Tey"? South Asian languages vary a lot, so Tejaswini _could_ be either "Tedge-a-swee-nee" or "Tey-as-vee-nee." It's silly, but it kept tugging at the edge of my brain as I read _Alliance_. Ended up switching between the two randomly, whichever "sounded" appropriate at the time. I know your answer may not change this for me, but I wondered. Thank you!

Lois McMaster Bujold
I pronounce Tej with a soft J like "Bujold". ;-) More that soft French J than the harder sound of edge or ledge. I'm trying to think of an English word that has that sound... I'm sure there must be one, but I'm blanking on it right this moment. Bon jour and all that.

(Not Tey, though.)

Hope this helps --

Ta, L.

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