# Should be a quickie -- How do you pronounce Dvorak?

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**Created:** [January 31, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-be-a-quickie-how-do-you-pronounce-dvorak/390318 "2007-01-31T20:38:59Z")\
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That wiki sound file is quite illuminating.

The “D” is pronounced clearly, and the stress is on the last syllable. There are two speakers in the file. The first is a woman and says what sounds to me something like “d’vor-SHAHK”. The second is a man, and his pronunciation sounds something like “d’vor-HAHK”.

But that’s just my approximation, so listen to the file. Audacity (free) will play it, as will other software.

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