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- pronunciation - How is æ supposed to be pronounced? - English . . .
An example is the word aesthete, which is pronounced with ɛ in American English, although in British English it may be pronounced with iː This same pronunciation difference ( ɛ in American English, iː in British English) may occur for words that are spelled with "e" in American English but "ae" in British English (Brian Nixon
- Is of pronounced as ov? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The English preposition of is pronounced ʌv , əv , or ə depending on where it’s used The first of those is the least common because that is a stressed vowel but the word is almost never stressed the way it might be in a spoken list of actual words like to, from, of, about
- How is SQL pronounced? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
So it was intended to be pronounced as SEQUEL at first Nowadays it's a matter of preference There is no standard set for it (yet) Some urban legends say that the Structured Query Language was actually a sequel to the previous Query Language and that the SQL acronym is intended to be pronounced as sequel
- pronunciation - Is forte pronounced fort or for-tay? - English . . .
Define "proper " Language change, including pronunciation change is inevitable And reference books, no matter how prescriptive, cannot stem the tide of change, which can come from overwhelming use by the masses Frankly, I've never heard forte (meaning strength) pronounced as anything other than for-tay, and I am fifty two
- Why is the spelling of pronounce and pronunciation different?
That could be the reason why they are spelled pronounced differently pronunciation: early 15c , "mode in which a word is pronounced," from L pronuntiationem (nom pronuntiatio) "act of speaking," pronounce:
- pronunciation - How are i. e. and e. g. pronounced? - English . . .
Latin abbreviations i e = that is, such as, or "in other words" e g = for example; et al = and others (i get a lot of strange looks when I use this)
- Why is primer pronounced with a short i sound?
The British English is pronounced with a long 'i' (as in miner) For the meaning of 'primer' as in a first layer of bonding material on a wall etc before it is is painted, or in explosives ammunition, the British pronunciation is, again, with the long 'i' (as in miner) and the American pronunciation is usually, in my experience anyhow, also
- pronunciation - Why is cupboard pronounced with a silent p . . .
Just to emphasise the pronunciation guides that people have given elsewhere, it's not pronounced as "cup-board" or "cu-board" but really "cubbered" very similar to "covered" You have to really think of English as 2 separate languages; the spoken one that has dynamically evolved for a thousand years and the written one which was codified 500
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