>>Pronounce it like a certain rock singer's name
>>(Bow-ee), and you're going to get some odd looks from the locals.
>
>Particularly since his name is pronounced with the first syllable as
>in "take a". :)
>

Really? I've never heard it pronounced that way. I've always heard it as in "tie a." I admit, though, that I've never actually heard David Bowie say his own name, so every person I've heard say could be wrong.

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