Nicholas Blas
Nicholas Blas asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

How is Tsipis pronounced, because it seems like a really unfortunate name...?

Lois McMaster Bujold
It's a real-world name (you can Google it) , so it likely has some official pronunciation somewhere, but I pronounce it "sipis" but with a little touch of the tongue to the back of the incisors just before the s.

Ta, L.

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