In a message dated 5/26/2006 6:29:47 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, johnsong@harborside.com writes: My 2 cents: We say MOP-in. Guess that's really the same as MAW-pin just a difference in how to spell it out. I never was good at reading how to pronounce something --- just have missed those classes too much in school. If anyone has a good MAUPIN inheritance to send me, I'll take any pronunciation.. Ellie