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The Ame 'O' Sound
I've noticed on American-oriented dictionaries/wordlists dotted about the WWW that...
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It Took 20 Yrs But...
OK, it took 20 years, but today I had a revelation. The fact that it took 20 yrs...
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Confusable Words
I noticed a real schoolboy howler on the BBC News website earlier today. A house...
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Place Name Pronunciations
I can half understand why we don't say Paree, but why shouldn't English speaking...
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Pooberty
I just heard Scott Simon (obTWIAVBP: American radio host) say "puberty" as POOberty...
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Pronunciation Of "Manga"
At a library in Oregon, I was asked about "monja". As I didn't understand what monja...
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Then/Than Pronunciation
This has probably been covered before, but it's a tough one to Google, both words...
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Vowel For 'Dad' Vs 'Mad'
I notice that none of the dictionaries I have access to distinguish between the basic...
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Long A Or Short A Vowel Sound?
My fellow court reporting students and I are in disagreement over the vowel sound...
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No [D] In My Speech?
The recent AUE discussions about the pronunciation of the consonants in a word like...
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Ignorant Pronunciation Of Words Seen But...
A problem of the autodidact. The case that springs to mind is Fred Kite, the Peter...
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Pronunciation Of Acronyms
How should an acronym be pronounced? Should we pronounce each letter, or treat it...
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Computer Geek Sentence
Can anyone suggest a sentence whose correct pronunciation indicates that you're a...
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Pronunciation Of "Lieblich", And Other...
I remember Bob Lieblich has once posted about the pronunciation of his family name...
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Pronouncing "Don Quixote"
According to Google the British pronunciation is "quick-sote" whereas the US style...
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American British Pronunciations
I'm no Professor 'Iggens, but I have a lifelong interest in, and sensitivity for...
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Foreign Names: Why Do Americans Lengthen...
Reading this [link] I see 'Kudoes to the New York Times...' I assume that the writer...
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Pronunciation Of "Robin Hood"
I happened to catch an old Warner Bros. cartoon, from the 'Forties I'm guessing,...
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Bush's Pronunciation Of "Nuclear" Correct...
People on the newsgroups/blogs are defending Bush's pronunciation of the word nuclear...
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