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@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@ Acknowledgements
 
 I would like to thank Marc Mulcahy, the author of the speakup to
 TTSynth connector, on which this work is based.  Also, I would like
-to thank Kirk Reiser and Jonathan Duttington, the
+to thank Kirk Reiser and Jonathan Duddington, the
 authors of Speakup and Espeak, respectively, for their work.