# How do you pronounce "Qwlghm"?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 23, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-qwlghm/265722 "2004-09-23T18:30:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-qwlghm/265722/41 "2016-05-26T12:12:03Z")

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With a tissue or hankerchief covering my mouth.

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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-qwlghm/265722/42 "2016-05-26T12:51:37Z")

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> [@Small\_Clanger](#):
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> This may just be me but I can get though whole books without bothering to figure out how to pronounce the weirder stuff. I just gloss over them. Dune comes to mind, there were a whole load of names I didn’t know how to pronounce until the film came out.

Noooo, I can’t do that. I usually turn to anyone who might be nearby and say “How would you pronounce this?” Whatever they say, I adopt. Otherwise, I will hyperfocus on my inability to settle on a pronunciation.

Do you hear words in your head as you read? I know some people don’t. I always do.

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-qwlghm/265722/43 "2016-05-26T13:34:22Z")

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If you trick him into saying it backwards, he gets returned to his home in the Fifth Dimension.

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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-qwlghm/265722/44 "2016-05-26T15:23:04Z")

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Qwlghm Schmwlghm!

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