Monte is not pronounced Mont-ee ... and neither does it refer

Stewart has apparently been inappropriately mis-named by some folks. I can sympathize. While I don't always expect the folks at Starbucks to spell my name right (except for, seriously, Bonti is going to be your guess as to what I said?) When you are emailing me and it's there in the To: line, please don't call me Monte. I don't even recognize that spelling of the name, as Monte doesn't phonetically produce the sounds Mont-ee in any interpretation of English. The closest thing it might sound like would be a rather German Mont-uh, but not a final Long E.

And under no circumstance is it my name.

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  1. [1]   corvus
    May 14, 2008 at 09:32 PM

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?threec01.wav=three-card+monte
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