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Posted by Dan Irizarry on 07:18:53 05/08/11
In Reply to: Re: Partially leucistic Squirrel ? Try again posted by Rick Schofield
Its root is Greek, Leuko, meaning white. Hence, Leukemia, Leukocyte, etc. In the UK, many of these words have the 'k' changed to a 'c', but pronunciation is still with a "k", not a soft "c".
loo-kiss-tic is the correct pronunciation, not loo-kiss-tic, although our gut instinct is with the soft sound! Gotta love all the exception to English grammar and pronunciation :)
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