Don Quixote? If so, as a lifelong Brit (who has read the book), it's not a pronunciation I have ever heard. Also, Sarajavo is usually pronounced with a Y sound here, not a J. Anna on September 29, 2010 12:39 am A very Australian focus: I am sooooo sick of hearing my fellow countrymen and women saying that we live in Austraya. This even extends to our newly-elected (just) female PM. We are Australians -- not Austrayans!!!!!! umber on September 29, 2010 1:13 pm That's the way my British profs said it was said. They also said DON JOO-AN was the traditional pronunciation of Don Juan (cited someone like Byron as an example) altho they didn't say it that way. SaraJevo was I always heard watching the HofCommons debates about Bosnia. venqax on September 29, 2010 1:22 pm Loretheil Are you really saying that you, or anyone, would say "duct tape" enunciating the 2 t's with a stop in between? How would you even do that without simply sounding like your are stuttering? I'm the first jerk to criticize those who don't pronounce all the letters in "texts" or "lists" or "asks", but even I wouldn't suggest something that sounds so unnatural (pronouning both n's there). Harris on September 30, 2010 4:41 am It sounds weird when some people pronounce asterisk without the "s". Anyway, some of the words mentioned can be pronounced in two ways according to Merriam-Webster.com Sandra Bignell on September 30, 2010 11:45 am Please could you