The correct pronunication of your friend's last name is how HE pronounces it. The same is true for any name. For what it's worth, however, I have always pronounced McElroy as "Mackle-roy", just as your friend does. Even

Hi Charlene, Nice to meet you. Ratherthan argue qualifications, let me just note that many people on this site have degrees, and that some have advanced degrees. But I think it's better for us all to offer our opinions and arguments,

The 'Direct method' is actually much older... a century-old method. It was established in the early 20th century. But this doesn't mean it wouldn't work for me. This is what Wikipedia says about it: "The Direct Method ,

I know new separately is pronounced the same way as gnu . But Merriam-Webster’s pronunciation guide says the following about the pronunciation of new: " in place names usually (ˌ)nu̇ or nə or (ˌ)ni\ " Those would be the same vowels as in

Hi Amy Thank you very much indeed. The correct pronunciation is not that important for me now after I realized that even a native speaker like you would stumble on it. I guess nobody would raise an eyebrow no matter how I say it. My son, like

The s can be omitted in names where an additional s might cause difficulties in pronunciation, e.g. Nicholas' , or in classical names, e.g. Mars' . In your example, while "Paris" is a classical name, it is not used in a classical context,

Has the whole world gone mad? Students are being asked to read the 'Da Vinci Code' and write reports on it? Every year, I give several lectures at my local university on such subjects as the influence of the Knights Templar on

Hey Renan, I can just tell you that some Americans DO use the simple past with already, yet, ever/never. I clearly remember a post in the pronunciation section where there was a video from the TV series Lost, and a guy asked a girl "Did you

Weird problem. I'd just like to hear as many opinions as possible. I have learned a lot of stuff about pronunciation, and I like to learn as much as possible, to keep improving my English. However, I have never seriously practiced spoken English,

http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?emoti01c.wav=emoticon here u can listen to the right pronunciation have a nice day