the way it plays

in. the way it is; the way things are. The world is a rough place, and that’s the way it plays.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Deanna	dee-AN-ə, DEEN-ə	English
Manuela	mah-noo-E-lah (German), mah-NWE-lah (Italian)	Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, German, Italian
ĐUraĐ	JOOR-ahj	Serbian, Croatian (Archaic)
Kazuo	kah-zoo-o	Japanese
Swaran	-	Punjabi
Alcuin	['ælkwin]