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Old 07-Sep-2007, 20:56
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How is Dews, as a surname, pronounced?
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I’ll guess it as /dju+Z/. That’s, it’s like the ‘dew’ in ‘dew point’, ‘dewdrop’ or ‘Dewey’. If you know the person with that last name, ask him.
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Another help?
It rhymes with "use" (the verb, that is), "fuse", "views"...

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