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Lolo-
why do Brits pronounce Ksyrium "Kassyrium"?
Ks at the beginning of a word is not a natural English formation. It's not a natural French one either, so I don't know why Mavic decided to go all unpronounceable.
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Knowing how to pronounce knapkin, knight and knowledge might knot give someone educated in England, (i.e. badly where Grammar is concerned), the confidence to omit the leading 'K', as a following 's' is seldom encountered.
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mespilus
No, K'nipeks; the vowel between K and N is a schwa