This is news to me. I've heard a strong "ko" ... and they have "k@". Kuh-LIN-ee-er, kuh-LATE. Almost klinear and klate. I'm puzzled. When you say "Merriam-Webster", what dictionary are you referring to? Both

(1) Richard, how do you pronounce "Glasgow"? I guess I say the first syllable like "glass", which has thetense-can vowel. But that's a sort of spelling pronunciation ... are Glasgows in Kentucky,Missouri, Montana, Virginia,

Wisdom and logic might lead us to take just the really hard spellings and change them. Dropping alot of silent letters and silent spaces? would be an obvious place to start. Letter combinations that just don't make sense could be the main ones

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In English, "lox" means 'smoked salmon'. Yes and no. I thought that what made it lox was curing it in brine and that smoking it was actually optional. Ah, really? I had no idea. I had always been told that what lox is is smoked

According to Google the British pronunciation is "quick-sote"whereas the US ... or"donkey-shot". How do you experts here handle this one ? I'd say no middle ground either "QUICK-sote" or the original(well,

What's that meant to represent? Pronunciation-wise? I think it has to be /wUk/, like "shook". I thought you probably meant /wUk/, though I'm familiar with some accents which have /u/ in words (and "snooker" has /u/ in

Note that the spelling of "Sara" suggests the "Mary" vowel, unlike the spelling of "Farrah (Fawcett)", which I pronounce with the "marry" vowel. But... but ... you and I both pronounce "Aaron" with

Pondian difference? Here SFAIK it's "gefilte fish" and I've always heard that second syllable like "fill". Same pronunciation. Spelling seems to vary. In my recipe book the u has a diaresis. ^ Actually, it has an umlaut