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You're right about the devoiced "u" in certain environments. Mitsuko can sound like "Meets-ko", but it wouldn't sound like mi-TSEE-ko, which is how the OP said her grandfather and mother were saying the name.

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There is no "tsi" or "tsee" sound in Japanese.

This message was edited 10/14/2010, 11:43 AM