I'd go with /'&t@,mit@r/ ("AT-uh-mee-tur"), except with a tap for the /t/ sounds, which would make it, in ASCII IPA, /'&*@,mi*@r/ ("AD-uh-mee-dur" is the closest that pronunciation spelling can come to

I was watching "the Croc Hunter" the other day and thoroughlyenjoyed listening to the accent. I find the way Australians pronouncevowels fascinating. You should try New Zealand. One word I was particularly fascinated with and find hard

People I know from elsewhere usually refer to the city as DEE-troit (in an exaggerated manner; they aren't innocently mispronouncing the name). I've heard this pronunciation from non-Detroit Michiganders. (Well, it sounded like

As MWCD11 puts it, in the usage note under the ... pronunciation of kilometer does not parallel that ofother metric compounds." It's difficult to see exactly what they mean by that. Sure, they say that the 2nd syllable stress has a ... I

Tony Cooper typed thus: There's a knot that sailors use called a "bowline hitch" that has the "how" sound Not in UK sailors' English - bowline starts with the "go" vowel, and finishes as though there were no e

Hi Yo, A vowel sound is determined, as suzi rightly pointed out, not by its look, but by its sound. Two of the most confusing semi/half consonents in Engish are those such as /ju:/ in "Europe and /w/ in "one". The looks of these are very

I have a feeling that "alphabetical order" does not originate ... which order? Is there any rhyme or reason to it? Your sixth word pretty much answers the question. Chris, I think Ross is trying to point out that "alpha" and

Robert Bannister filted: Amazing TV "Dish" Antenna - Works indoors! Works entirely via "RF" technology This would be technology to fix the pronunciation of certain vowels and differences between New York city and NYC? It's

Amazing TV "Dish" Antenna - Works indoors! Works entirely via "RF" technology This would be technology to fix the pronunciation of certain vowels and differences between New York city and NYC? Rob Bannister

"Molly Mockford" (Email Removed) a écrit dans le message de : Why is it a university, but an umbilical cord? Because of the pronunciation, not the spelling. University is pronounced Yooniversity (i.e. a consonant-sound rather than a