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123. k is written but not pronounced in the words: Au(k)tion, Mul(k)t fine, mul(k)tere to fine, Engels(k)mand Englishman; sometimes k is also dropped in pronouncing Frans(k)mand Frenchman, and always in Frans(k)brö(d) French rolls.

1. For k being the orthographic sign of kj see § 119.

2 There are still many people who instead of ks write œ; Ex. : sexten or seksten pron. seisten see § 94.

3. The sound of k is still sometimes written q before u, pron. kv: Quadrat square, as a rule now written Kvadrat, Aquavit (pron. akkevit) Norwegian gin, now as a rule written Akevit.