> 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

, Mike Stevens Not being a Chambers user, and not having got round ... good is Chambers at distinguishing between UK & US usage?" How good is any dictionary? I trust that Chambers is reckoned one of the better dictionaries, although

The old pronunciation is cloze (actually kloz - the o with an overline instead of an underline), with ample authority ... to disappear under the influence of the speak-as-you-spell movement. (Fowler's "Modern English Usage, second edition

The old pronunciation is cloze (actually kloz - the o with an overline instead of an underline), with ample authority from rhymes in 17th-c and 18th-c poets, including Shakespeare (The up he rose and donned his clothes). But this is often

, (Snip) Incidentally is the military pronunciation of "route" as "rowt" common ... don't have many dealings with the military of either country. Nor do I (have dealings with the military (of any country orfaction)). I do,

In article (Snip) Incidentally is the military pronunciation of "route" as "rowt" common in the UK military as well as in the US? I've not come across it here, but then I don't have many dealings with the military of

Maybe the author actually meant financier. By supplying a large amount of money, Japan also buys large pieces of market, which might be a wise financial decision. But there's also a verb usage of "financier", meaning "to

When you import a word into English, you use English ... be the form used if Esperanto grammar was in play. And consequently we speak about two "criterions" - not two "criteria" :-). Sometimes. MWCD10: Main Entry: cri·te·ri·on

The quest - to replace the special symbols in dictionary phonetic guides with a simple USA English-friendly phonetic spelling using regular letters. This "pronunciation guide spelling", called truespel, can be used as an initial teaching

That may be true of "most of us in the ... vowel). This is a phonemic difference too (because of "can"). OK, you seem to presuppose that "can" is pronounced differently when it means "tin can" from the way it is