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Pronunciation

I've heard this person's surname pronunounced both ways, sometimes rhyming with 'hay' other times with 'eye' like the Queensland city. Is there any reference out there to pin this down?<Mdw0 (talk) 03:05, 10 December 2022 (UTC)>[reply]