hmmm actually sometimes this -ize or -ise confused me damn alot!! like a confusion Of apologISE or apologIZE !!!anybody got a tip ?? If I may add something to this disccusion. I have frequently read articles written by Britons who use -ize, just

Jim, I hadn't thought of that, but I think I have never noticed it. I definitely pronounce words like "mountain" or "sentence" with a glottal stop in the combination "TN" and I don't include a schwa in

zhengquan schrieb: The Collins Cobuild English Dictionary pronounces the new way, and ... resource. Can the s-z evolution be attributed to Americanism invasion? My Longman's Dictionary of Contemporary English gives both pronunciations, but

What I'm Sorry, I don't speak phonetic. (Yeah, yeah, I know, I know). Stumped by symbols? Hopeless at hieroglyphs? When ASCII IPA let's you down, new, improved Rhyme-o-Matic Classic (TM) never fails! (Mike, the difference is just that

What I'm /hjul@t 'p&kRd/ or /eItS pi/. Sorry, I don't speak phonetic. (Yeah, yeah, I know, I know). Stumped by symbols? Hopeless at hieroglyphs? When ASCII IPA let's you down, new, improved Rhyme-o-Matic Classic (TM) never

'Hewlett PACK ard' though is what I've always assumed to ... the American company name?"I'm guessing something like 'Hewlett Pack'rd' ? /hjul@t 'p&kRd/ or /eItS pi/. Sorry, I don't speak phonetic.

Merriam-Webster definition: Main Entry: gang·way Pronunciation: 'ga(ng)-"wA Function: noun 1 ... passage through a crowd often used as an interjection Sorry, I wasn't clear. I agree with "gangway" for the passage or

My daughter told me that some of her friends pronounce "water" as "wudder"; I can't remember which, or where they're from, though. They might be from Baltimore, where I first encountered that pronunciation. I atill have

}> (My Uncle Maurice (and all the rest of us) used while he was alive (the }> rest of us still so use) to pronounce his name ('mOris) (MORRis).) } } I assume you used and use to use the } 'orange' (cot) vowel in

Okay, let's try. When most Brits say "near to the ... "yatter" with a "th" tacked on the front (Tj&t@). Whereas some Scots can't handle consecutive vowels, and say 'theeter'. I love Eddie Mair this side