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I don't know if you're from the U.S. or the U.K., but I know in the U.K. "-wich" and "-wick" names have silent Ws, whereas they're often pronounced in the States. (This is why Warwick is usually spelled Warrick as a personal name in the States, even though it still isn't a common name.)
I bring this up because I think Renwick sounds far more attractive with the British pronunciation (REN-ik) than the American one (REN-wik). How did he say it?
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I bring this up because I think Renwick sounds far more attractive with the British pronunciation (REN-ik) than the American one (REN-wik). How did he say it?
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I'm rewatching CSI now and one of the main characters is Warrick... I don't think it's ever clicked for me that his name was the Americanized version of Warwick!
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That's actually the main person I was thinking of (Warrick Brown) when I wrote my post! Shame what happened to that character, he was great, but from what I understand the actor had some issues.
There are a handful of cases where we use the British pronunciation, the main one I can think of being Greenwich Village in NYC (GREN-ich). Otherwise, we tend to either say the W or drop it entirely.
There are a handful of cases where we use the British pronunciation, the main one I can think of being Greenwich Village in NYC (GREN-ich). Otherwise, we tend to either say the W or drop it entirely.
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agree w this — I like it pronounced rennick :)
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