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- Why is the spelling of pronounce and pronunciation different?
As for why the word pronounce has an O between the two N’s and pronunciation does not, it is unclear, but both words derive from French, pronunciation from pronunciation and pronounce from pronuncier There is probably some variation in the way the different word stress affected how the words were spelled after being borrowed into English
- pronunciation - How is æ supposed to be pronounced? - English . . .
There’s no simple answer to any question of the form “How is <letter> <digraph> pronounced?” It depends As you’ll have seen in the Wikipedia article, what would have been pronounced ai in Latin is usually pronounced iː in English, but there are inevitably exceptions like the name Æleen, or examples like paedophile where the British rendering iː goes through both a spelling
- pronunciation - How to pronounce the ^ symbol? - English Language . . .
+1 This is the only answer that answers the question as written, which is about how to pronounce the character (The other answers all provide names of the character, which is not the same thing: is named "ampersand", but usually pronounced "and" ) –
- “The ðə United States” or “The ðiː United States”?
How to correctly pronounce the the in The United States? Is it the the that’s pronounced ðə , or is it the the that’s pronounced ðiː , and why? I often hear the second pronunciation, but I think that since the U in United States is not a vowel sound, it should be the first pronunciation
- Pronunciation of cache - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I know a few people who pronounce it more like cash, cashay or even catch After consulting a few dictionaries, it turns out that the correct pronunciation of the word "cache" is cash My question is, are the other pronunciations of "cache" (kaysh, cashay, catch) not totally acceptable? Which one do IT people prefer?
- pronunciation - How are i. e. and e. g. pronounced? - English . . .
But just as English speakers often pronounce I in the first syllable of example and exemplary, it would also be typical in an English pronunciation of Latin (the type of pronunciation whereby "stare decisis" rhymes with "vary the crisis") to use ɪ in the first syllable of exempli gratia –
- proper nouns - Pronunciation of Azure in Microsoft Azure - English . . .
In BE programmers tend to pronounces it the AE way The msft presentations all pronounce it in AE and it isn't a common enough everyday word for the local pronunciation to stick Quite a few programmers who don't spend time on tropical beaches are unaware that it is a word –
- pronunciation - Neesh or Nitch? - Neesh or Nitch? - English Language . . .
Since niche is a word that is directly borrowed from French, some people choose to pronounce the word using the original French pronunciation Merriam-Webster lists both pronunciations (as well as the halfway-between pronunciation of "nish" [nɪʃ]), so both are technically valid
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