What is the best segmentation for pentastichous ? and why ? pen.tas.ti.chous (1) pen.ta.stich.ous (2) pen.ta.sti.chous (3) pen.tas.tich.ous (4) Thanks More of the online dictionaries point to number (2) for pronunciation. Its constituent parts,

Baytalon writes: I would say it depends on whether or not there ... a distinction is not a part of vernacular American English. Amazingly, a subsequent lesson dealt with detecting _sarcasm_ in intonation! Given that native speakers routinely ask

Django Cat writes: If you're as worried about this as you obvously are, and it's for TP, you can't fail to gain Brownie ... English, interested in pronunciation systems, concerned about what your learners learn and concerned about your

== Hi, just quickly... If you're as worried about this as you obvously are, and it's for TP, you can't fail to gain Brownie Points by discussing your concerns with your tutor before the observation. It'll show that you're

> I don't recall, never used them. Probably followed the chip or tube pronunciation patterns. Usage as seen on the web is mixed, but only found 3 sites. My guess is that it started out as "four thousand four", because of the

David Kilpatrick wrote on "Pronunciation of "rout" (Was Losing battle - "must of")" In Britain, the term predates the recruiting-sergeant scenario. rec *ruit* ing-sergeant ?? Got me looking .. the Norman French ran

barrier'. Pronounced "mock", the Mach number is the ratio of the speed of a fluid, or of This would appear to be a case where pronunciation spelling doesn't do the job. I'm going to avoid ... British pronunciation of

It was apparently known as 'Mach 1' (pronounced in BrE as 'mack 1') in 1947. Pronounced "mock", the Mach number is the ratio of the speed of a fluid,or of This would appear to be a case where pronunciation spelling

I've been noodling around the net but there's too much for me to take in. I'm interested in knowing how ... Is it the case that there are noticeable variants in the same person pronouncing the same word over and over? Interesting

I looked at the "mispronounced" page. They're a bunch of ... laughing. AHD4 even gives "kloz" as the first pronunciation. Yuck. This is interesting: do you mean literally that you know nobody who pronounces the