Last evening, my wife and I met our good priest friend for dinner at The Parthenon. I decided it was time to set the record straight on the pronunciation of the oft-mispronounced dessert, Baklava. Indeed, for the last several years I have adamantly believed the pronunciation of Baklava to be Bahk-LAH-va and not the more common BAHK-la-va. I asked the dude (aka: the waiter) to ask the chef or kitchen staff who are true Greeks what the "correct" pronunciation was.
To my dismay - but not to my surprise - they use the more common of pronunciations with the location of the accent falling on the first syllable. As Fr. expected me to do - I double checked this with the wisdom of the Google - and found that it was/is acceptable to accent either of the three syllables.
It really doesn't matter. I'll humbly accept that I was wrong...anything to make my wife happy. Better than calling the whole thing off!
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