Hello, Vladimir, this combination has not yet been codified in major pronunciation dictionaries, perhaps due to the narrowness of its use outside technical areas; therefore, we should resort to analogy. Thus, acronyms of a similar type

a unique situation is correct. You have to go by the pronunciation, not by the spelling. yoo-neek is the pronunciation of unique . CJ

According to Wikipedia, Scottish Gaelic is not English, so...

Thank you, Grammar Geek! Is there a rule that you know of to use for guidance? As a native English speaker one does not always know what the rules are but is there one in this case that I can quote to the teacher?

Thanks! This is great forum. I get answers to my questions quickly! And how about the pronunciation of Ms?

Hi Louise, and welcome to English Forums. You are 100% right. Girls' sounds like girl's which sounds like girls, which sounds like "girlz" -- one syllable. He deserves his 10.

My 12 year old son, a native English speaker, goes to school in Spain where we have lived since he was four. He has just come back from school with a 9 out of 10 in an English exam. He was marked down on the oral exam for pronouncing ¨girls´¨

How do you pronounce "Hugh" as in "Hugh Jackman " and "Hathway" as in "Anne Hathway " ?

Normal 0 false false false RU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Hello, Raja, It goes without saying that there is no blame in being a non-native speaker and a layperson in linguistic science, so

so the sound of D and T depends on where the letter is in the word OK. Just be sure not to use the Brazilian D that sounds like an English J. (sauda d es) OK? CJ