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FAQ: update the pronunciation section
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As we weren't using the correct phonetic description and doing it correctly
involves funny letters that I'm sure will cause problems for people in a text
document so I instead rephrased it and link to a WAV file with a person
actually saying 'curl'.

Reported-By: Dimitar Boevski
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Since curl uses libcurl, curl supports the same wide range of common
Internet protocols that libcurl does.

We pronounce curl and cURL with an initial k sound: [kurl].
We pronounce curl with an initial k sound. It rhymes with words like girl
and earl. This is a short WAV file to help you:

http://media.merriam-webster.com/soundc11/c/curl0001.wav

There are numerous sub-projects and related projects that also use the word
curl in the project names in various combinations, but you should take
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