"the break even point analysis is all right if you have a one product business"?. Just pay extra attention to this point a + singular noun beginning with a consonant: a car, a stare, a dog, a cat ... an + singular noun

Default User wibbled It doesn't start with a vowel sound, and that's what drives the choice of article. Unless you think Euro is pronounce ee-oo-ro or something. It doesn't have a capital E. It's just 'euro'. (Nor does it

I wonder if there are any speakers of a variety ... the "Ef" pronunciation. Is he from Scotland or somewhere nearthere? I don't know, but I still want to know what that ferocious-sounding interjection is that all the MPs utter

I'm confused by your "help" reference. What I intended to ... AmE dictionary that I have seen. Thanks for the help. To a Southerner, (hEj@lp) is exactly the pronunciation that an AmE dictionay indicates. And it's not necessarily

Yes, but why do American dictionaries choose *my* pronunciation oversomeone from Alabama, or Massachusetts, or Wisconsin? There are glaring anddrastic differences in pronunciation from region to region. Not sure if this helps, but from

Depends on how many people from Plaistow went on the grand tour. Didn'tlook like many last time I saw it, but that may have changed now. I'm not convinced, Steve: Italian has 'Messa', Spanish 'Misa', German ... one could

(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 "Morris" /mAr@s/ (rhyming

Since your experience stems from NY, I'm not surprised. In California, the "father" pronunciation is quite common (the Latino influence, you know). Huh? The Spanish "a" is noticeably different from both the AmE

MW and AHD give both pronunciations ('father' and 'cat'). MW ... that in my experience the 'father' pronunciation is not common. Since your experience stems from NY, I'm not surprised. In California, the

Irma > misc.education.language.english in Is there more than one phonetic alphabets? AFAIK, the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is the international standard. If you are using a newsreader with Unicode support ("40tude Dialog"