How to Spell Our Favorite Instrument

How to spell it?

How to pronounce it?

As long as I’ve been playing, these have been bones of contention.

Brad Bordessa over at Live Ukulele just published a very thorough, very well-researched piece on how to pronounce the word “ukulele.”

Please note the depth of detail, the quality of the content, the thoroughness of a true expert at work — multiple sources, linguistic nuance. I’m guessing it took him five days to research and write.

Oh, and here’s my 30-second video on the same topic:

PS: Lot’s more in the humor department over here.

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