I have come into a debate with some friends of mine about how to properly pronounce the name of Kvothe, the protagonist from Patrick Rothfuss’ Kingkiller Chronicles.
I seem to recall — but cannot find — Kvothe saying that his name is pronounced like “Quothe”. Some of my friends insist that both the k and v sound are explicitly sounded out, the way you do at the start of the verb kvetch.
What’s the right way to pronounce Kvothe, and why?